Oblasts of the Soviet Union
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Oblast is a Slavic term that exists in the Russian language. Russian was official in all republics along with national languages of other republics.
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Baltic region
In the 1950s there were 10 oblasts in the three Baltic republics.
- 1953-04-28 Law on abolition of Pärnu, Tallinn and Tartu oblasts (Estonia)
- 1953-04-25 Law on abolition of Riga, Daugavpils and Liepāja oblasts (Latvia)
- 1953-05-28 Law on abolition of Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda and Šiauliai oblasts (Lithuania)
Transcaucasian region
In the 1950s there were 4 oblasts in two of the three Transcaucasian republics (only in Azerbaijan and Georgia).
- 1953-04-23 Law on abolition of Baku and Ganja oblasts (Azerbaijan)
- 1953-04-23 Law on abolition of Kutaisi and Tbilisi oblasts (Georgia)
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