Subdivisions of the Soviet Union
Appearance
The Soviet Union had several kinds of country subdivisions:
Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Russian SFSR | Other republics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Autonomous republics | Oblasts | Krais | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Autonomous republics | Oblasts | Autonomous oblasts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Autonomous okrugs | Autonomous oblasts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Republic Name | Division types | ||||
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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.