Subdivisions of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union had several kinds of country subdivisions:
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| Russian SFSR | Other republics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Autonomous republics | Oblasts | Krais | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Autonomous republics | Oblasts | Autonomous oblasts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Autonomous okrugs | Autonomous oblasts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Types of the subdivisions:
Raions directly subordinated to the respective republics.
Oblasts.
Krais.
ASSRs (autonomous republics).
Autonomous oblasts subordinated to a krai.
Autonomous okrugs subordinated to an oblast or a krai.
| Republic Name | Division types | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous republics | Oblasts | Krais | Autonomous oblasts | Autonomous okrugs | |
| Russian SFSR | 16 | 49 | 6 | 5 | 10 |
| Ukrainian SSR | 25 | ||||
| Byelorussian SSR | 6 | ||||
| Uzbek SSR | 1 | 11 | |||
| Kazakh SSR | 19 | ||||
| Georgian SSR | 2 | 1 | |||
| Azerbaijan SSR | 1 | 1 | |||
| Lithuanian SSR | |||||
| Moldavian SSR | |||||
| Latvian SSR | |||||
| Kirghiz SSR | 4-7 | ||||
| Tajik SSR | 2-3 | 1 | |||
| Armenian SSR | |||||
| Turkmen SSR | 5 | ||||
| Estonian SSR | |||||
In addition, some cities and regions, while located within subnational entities had special status:
- "Closed cities"
- Republican significance (Moscow and Leningrad in RSFSR)[1]
- Oblast centers
References
- ↑ Cities of federal significance at the Encyclopedia of Jurist.
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