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Oblasts
Oblasts of Russia (yellow)
Category
Federated state
Location
Russian Federation
Number
46 (internationally recognised)
Populations
156,996 (Magadan Oblast) – 7,095,120 (Moscow Oblast)
Areas
15 100 km2 (Kaliningrad Oblast) - 767 900 km2 (Irkutsk Oblast)
Government
Oblast Government, Oblast Duma
Subdivisions
Raion, City of oblast significance, Selsoviet, Okrug, Urban-type settlement
In Russia, the oblasts are 46 administrative territories; they are one type of federal subject, the highest-level administrative division of Russian territory.[1]: 43
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