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The Soviet Union had several kinds of country subdivisions:
Soviet Union
Russian SFSR
Other republics
Autonomous republics
Oblasts
Krais
Autonomous republics
Oblasts
Autonomous oblasts
Autonomous okrugs
Autonomous oblasts
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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organisation
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