Oblasts of Russia

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Oblasts
Oblasts of Russia (yellow)
Category	Federated state
Location	Russian Federation
Number	46 (internationally recognised)
Populations	156,996 (Magadan Oblast) – 7,095,120 (Moscow Oblast)
Areas	15 100 km2 (Kaliningrad Oblast) - 767 900 km2 (Irkutsk Oblast)
Government	Oblast Government, Oblast Duma
Subdivisions	Raion, City of oblast significance, Selsoviet, Okrug, Urban-type settlement

In Russia, the oblasts are 46 administrative territories; they are one type of federal subject, the highest-level administrative division of Russian territory.^[1]: 43