Subdivisions of the Soviet Union

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The Soviet Union had several kinds of country subdivisions:

Other republics

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

Soviet Union topics

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Geography

Subdivisions	Republics Autonomous Krais Oblasts Autonomous Autonomous okrugs Closed city
Regions	Caspian Sea Caucasus Mountains European Russia North Caucasus Siberia Ural Mountains West Siberian Plain

Politics

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Bodies	Communist Party organisation Central Committee Presidium/Politburo Secretariat Congress General Secretary Congress of Soviets (1922–1936) Supreme Soviet (1938–1991) Congress of People's Deputies (1989–1991) Supreme Court Military Collegium
Offices	Heads of state President Premier Deputy Premier First Deputy Premier
Security services	Cheka GPU NKVD Destruction battalions MVD Militsiya MGB KGB Chairmen Soviet Border Troops Soviet Armed Forces Soviet Army/Spetsnaz GRU • Soviet Navy • Soviet Air Forces/Soviet Airborne Forces
Political repression	Red Terror Collectivization Great Purge Population transfer Forced labor Gulag List Holodomor Political abuse of psychiatry
Ideological repression	Religion Science Censorship Censorship of images

Economy

Science

Society

Antisemitism Crime Demographics Soviet people Working class 1989 census Drug policy Family Languages Linguistics Prohibition
Culture	Ballet Cinema Fashion Literature Music Opera Propaganda Sports Stalinist architecture
Opposition	Soviet dissidents and their groups List
Symbols	Anthem Republics Emblem Republics Flag Republics Hammer and sickle

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Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria
Dependencies and other entities	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Svalbard

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