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Autonomous Republics and Oblasts -- Regions


Autonomous Republics and Oblasts

Old Heading New Provisional Heading
Adygeiskaia avtonomnaia oblast (R.S.F.S.R.] Adygea (Russia)
A.S.S.R. Nemtsev Povolzia (R.S.F.S.R.) no change
Bashkirskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Bashkortostan (Russia)
Buriatskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Buriatiia (Russia)
Checheno-Ingushkaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Checheno-Ingushetia (Russia)
Cherkesskaia avtonomnaia oblast (R.S.F.S.R.) no change
Chuvaskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Chuvashia (Russia)
Dagestanskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Dagestan (Russia)
Evreiskaia avtonomnaia oblast (R.S.F.S.R.) Evreiskaia avtonomnaia oblast (Russia)
Gorno-Altaiskaia avtonomnaia oblast (R.S.F.S.R.) Gorno-Altay (Russia)
Iakutskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Yakutia (Russia)
Kabardino-Balkarskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Kabardino-Balkaria (Russia)
Kalmytskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Kalmykia (Russia)
Karachaevo-Cherkesskaia avtonomnaia oblast (R.S.F.S.R.) Karachay-Cherkessia (Russia)
Karelskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Karelia (Russia)
Khakasskaia avtonomnaia oblast (R.S.F.S.R.) Khakasskaia respublika (Russia)
Komi A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Komi (Russia)
Mariiskaia S.S.R. (Russia) Mari El (Russia)
Mariiskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Mari El (Russia)
Mordovskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Mordvinia (Russia)
Severo-Osetinskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) North Ossetia (Russia)
Tatarskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Tatarstan (Russia)
Turkestanskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) no change
Tuvinskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Tuva (Russia)
Udmurtskaia A.S.S.R. (R.S.F.S.R.) Udmurtia (Russia)


Regions

Old Heading New Heading
Baltic Coast (Soviet Union) Baltic Coast
Caucasus, Northern (R.S.F.S.R.) Caucasus, Northern (Russia)
Central Chernozem Region (R.S.F.S.R.) Central Chernozem Region (Russia)
Non-Chernozem Region (R.S.F.S.R.) Non-Chernozem Region (Russia)
Pacific Coast (Soviet Union) Pacific Coast (Russia)
Prussia, East (Poland and R.S.F.S.R.) Prussia, East (Poland and Russia)
Siberia, Eastern (R.S.F.S.R.) Siberia, Eastern (Russia)
Siberia, Northeastern (R.S.F.S.R.) Siberia, Northeastern (Russia)
Siberia, Western (R.S.F.S.R.) Siberia, Western (Russia)
Siberia, Western (R.S.F.S.R. and Kazakh S.S.R.) Siberia, Western (Russia)
Soviet Central Asia Asia, Central
Soviet Far East (R.S.F.S.R.) Russian Far East (Russia)
Soviet Union, Northern Russia, Northern
Soviet Union, Northwestern no change
Soviet Union, Southern no change
Soviet Union, Western no change
Volga-Ural Region (R.S.F.S.R.) Volga-Ural Region (Russia)
West Siberian Plain (R.S.F.S.R. and Kazakh S.S.R.) West Siberian Plain (Russia and Kazakhstan)

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