Subdivisions of the Soviet Union

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The Soviet Union had several kinds of country subdivisions:

Other republics

Autonomous republics

Autonomous republics

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
Republic Name	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[edit]

^ Cities of federal significance at the Encyclopedia of Jurist.

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