Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union
Autonomous Areas (Russian Автономная область, Awtonomnaja oblast ', abbreviated as AO) offered within the Union republics of the USSR smaller nations limited cultural autonomy. In theory it was in the autonomous areas to States.
Russian SFSR
- Autonomous Oblast Adygea, see Adygea
- Circassian Autonomous Oblast, see Cherkessia
- Jewish Autonomous Oblast
- Autonomous Oblast Altai, see Altai Republic
- Autonomous Oblast Karachay -Cherkessia, see Karachay -Cherkessia
- Khakassia Autonomous Oblast, see Khakassia
- Autonomous Oblast Tuva, see Tuva
Georgian SSR
- South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast, see South Ossetia
Azerbaijan SSR
- Autonomous Oblast of Nagorno-Karabakh
- Kurdish Autonomous Oblast
Tajik SSR
- Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, see Gorno-Badakhshan
Belorussian SSR
- Polish Autonomous Oblast Dzierzynszczyzna
Ukrainian SSR
- Polish Autonomous Oblast Marchlewszczyzna