Oblasts Administrative divisions of the Ukrainian SSR
subdivisions in 1953, pictured 25 oblasts; crimea transferred in 1954 , drohobych , izmail oblasts absorbed lviv , odessa oblasts respectively.
initial development
the raion system proved difficult administer wholly, , on february 27, 1932, grouped 5 oblasts, though moldovian assr kept:
vinnytsia oblast
odessa oblast
dnipropetrovsk oblast
kiev oblast
kharkiv oblast
the latter two, partitioned in same year create following 2 oblasts:
donetsk oblast on 17 july 1932
chernihiv oblast on 15 october 1932
it during configuration, ukraine underwent first 2 five-year plans, (a consequence of catastrophic holodomor famine in 1933), , collectivization , industrialization brought. in 1934 capital moved kiev, , on 30 january 1937, supreme rada of ukrainian socialist soviet republic adopted version of 1936 soviet constitution creating ukrainian soviet socialist republic. meet economic , social demands, restructure in administrative division initiated, , 22 september 1937 4 more oblasts added existing seven.
zhytomyr oblast
kamianets-podilskyi oblast centre in proskuriv
mykolaiv oblast
poltava oblast
as donbas continued grow both industrially , in population, on 3 july 1938, donetsk oblast split two:
staline oblast
voroshylovhrad oblast
in further re-structure 10 january 1939 twelve existing oblasts , 1 republic joined further three:
zaporizhia oblast
kirovohrad oblast
sumy oblast
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