Location Russian Empire Number 35 | Created 1849 Subdivisions uyezds (counties) | |
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Category Subdivision of an empire Abolished 1917 (inherited by the Soviet regime) | ||
Oblasts of the Russian Empire were considered to be administrative units and were included as parts of Governorates General or krais. The majority of then-existing oblasts were located on the periphery of the country (e.g. Kars Oblast or Transcaspian Oblast) or covered the areas where Cossacks lived.
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Oblasts of the Russian Empire Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA