Subdivisions of the Soviet Union

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The Soviet Union had several kinds of country subdivisions:

Soviet Union
Russian SFSROther republics
Autonomous republicsOblastsKrais
Autonomous republicsOblastsAutonomous oblasts
Autonomous okrugsAutonomous oblasts
Types of the subdivisions:
  Republics with no subdivisions
  Oblasts
  Krais/Districts
  ASSRs (autonomous republics)
  Autonomous oblasts
  Autonomous okrugs
Administrative divisions of the Soviet Union by republic
Republic Autonomous republics Oblasts Krais Autonomous oblasts Autonomous okrugs
Armenian SSR
Azerbaijan SSR 1 1
Byelorussian SSR 6
Estonian SSR
Georgian SSR 2 1
Karelo-Finish SSR (1940-1956)
Kazakh SSR 19
Kirghiz SSR 4–7
Latvian SSR
Lithuanian SSR
Moldavian SSR 7
Russian SFSR 16 49 6 5 10
Tajik SSR 2–3 1
Transcaucasian SFSR (1922-1936) 3
Turkmen SSR 5
Ukrainian SSR 25
Uzbek SSR 1 12
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