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Oblasts Of The Soviet Union
The oblasts of the Soviet Union were second-level administrative units of the Soviet Union, and first-level entities of the republics of the Soviet Union. Terminology Oblast is a Slavic term that exists in the Russian language. Russian was official in all republics. By location 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 the two 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) List See also * Oblasts of Russia * Oblasts of the Russian Empire * Oblast An oblast (; ; Cyril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kutaisi Oblast
Kutaisi (, ka, ქუთაისი ) is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the third-most populous city in Georgia, traditionally, second in importance, after the capital city of Tbilisi. Situated west of Tbilisi, on the Rioni River, it is the capital of the western region of Imereti. Historically one of the major cities of Georgia, it served as political center of Colchis in the Middle Ages as capital of the Kingdom of Abkhazia and Kingdom of Georgia and later as the capital of the Kingdom of Imereti. From October 2012 to December 2018, Kutaisi was the seat of the Parliament of Georgia as an effort to decentralise the Georgian government. History Archaeological evidence indicates that the city functioned as the capital of the Colchis in the sixth to fifth centuries BC. It is believed that, in ''Argonautica'', a Greek epic poem about Jason and the Argonauts and their journey to Colchis, author Apollonius Rhodius considered Kutaisi their final de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ganja Oblast
Ganja Oblast was an administrative-territorial unit of the Azerbaijan SSR that existed in 1952 and 1953. The administrative center was the city of Kirovabad. Ganja Oblast is now a region in Azerbaijan, which includes the Agdash, Agstafa, Barda, Dashkasan, Gadabay, Goranboy, Khanlar, Qazakh, Samukh, Shamkir, and Yevlakh rayons. History Gäncä became an important centre of trade, but in 1231 it was again leveled, this time by the Mongols. Captured in 1606 by the Persians, it became the centre of the Gäncä khanate. Ganja Oblast (along with Baku Oblast) was formed on April 3, 1952, as part of an experiment to introduce regional divisions within the union republics of Transcaucasia. The Ganja region was located in the western part of the republic and was divided into 28 districts: Aghdam, Agdash, Aghjabedinsky, Akstafa, Barda, Belokansky, Vartashensky, Geokchay, Dostafursky, Yevlakh, Zakatala, Zardobsky, Kazakh, Kasum-Ismailovsky, Kakhsky, Gadabay, Kalbajar, Kutkashensky , Mir-B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku Oblast
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, alongside the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into twelve administrative raions and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the islands of the Baku Archipelago, and the town of Oil Rocks built on stilts in the Caspian Sea, away from Baku. The Inner City of Baku, along with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower, were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. The city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
