The oblasts of the Soviet Union were second-level administrative units of the Soviet Union, and first-level entities of the republics of the Soviet Union...

Autonomous oblasts of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were administrative units created for a number of smaller nations, which were given autonomy...

voting on leaving the Soviet Union, autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and autonomous okrugs had the right, by means of a referendum, to independently...

Constitution of the Soviet Union, in case of a union republic voting on leaving the Soviet Union, autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts, and autonomous...

division of Russian territory.: 43  Oblasts are constituent political entities in a federal union with representation in the Federation Council, and serve as...

The Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the Union Republics (Russian: Сою́зные Респу́блики, romanized: Soyúznye Respúbliki) were national-based...

Samarkand Oblast Syr-Darya Oblast Turkestan Oblast Fergana Oblast Semirechye Oblast Oblasts of the Soviet Union Oblasts of Russia Voblasts of Belarus...

in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. The term oblast is often translated into English as 'region' or 'province'. In some countries, oblasts are...

сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts...

governorates. The term oblast was introduced in 1932 by Soviet authorities when the Ukrainian SSR was divided into seven oblasts, replacing the previous subdivision...