Western Province (Russia)
| Western Oblast Западная область |
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| Oblast of the Soviet Union | |||||
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| Capital | Smolensk | ||||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1 October 1929 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 27 September 1937 | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1937 | 4,693,495 | |||
| Political subdivisions | districts | ||||
Coordinates: 54°47′N 32°03′E / 54.783°N 32.050°E
Western Oblast (Russian: Западная область, Zapadnaya Oblast) was an oblast (a first-level administrative and municipal unit) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1929 to 1937. Its seat was in the city of Smolensk. The oblast was located in the west of European Russia, and its territory is currently divided between Bryansk, Kaluga, Pskov, Smolensk, and Tver Oblasts.
By the 1937 All-Union Census, the population of the oblast was 4,693,495 persons. It was abolished on 27 September 1937.
The oblast was established on 1 October 1929 by the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. The territory of the oblast was formed from Smolensk and Bryansk Governorates, parts of Moscow, Kaluga, and Tver Governorates, as well as Velikiye Luki Okrug of Leningrad Oblast. The oblast was subdivided into eight administrative districts (okrugs),
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