Oblasts in the Russian Empire were considered to be administrative units and were included as parts of Governorates General or krais. The majority of then-existing oblasts were located on the periphery of the country (e.g. Kars Oblast or Transcaspian Oblast) or covered the areas where Cossacks lived.
| Oblasts of the Russian Empire | |
|---|---|
 Russian Empire in 1914 | |
| Category | Subdivision of an empire |
| Location |  Russian Empire |
| Created |
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| Abolished |
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| Number | 35 |
| Subdivisions | |
List
edit- Amur Oblast
- Armenian Oblast
- Batum Oblast
- Belostok Oblast
- Bessarabia Oblast
- Don Voisko Oblast
- Dagestan Oblast
- Zabaikalskaya Oblast
- Imeretinskaya Oblast ru
- Caucasian
- Kamchatka Oblast
- Kars Oblast
- Caspian Oblast (1840-1846) ru
- Kvantunskaya Oblast
- Kuban Oblast
- Orenburg Kirgiz
- Omsk Oblast
- Primorskaya Oblast
- Sakhalin
- Taurida Oblast (1783-1796), annexation of the Crimean Khanate
- Tarnopolsky
- Terek Oblast
- Turgay Oblast
- Ural Oblast
- Yakutsk Oblast