What is Oblasts of Russia?
{{Infobox subdivision type|name=Oblast|alt_name=|map=[[File:Map of federal subjects of Russia with numbered oblasts.png|360px]]|category=[[Federated state|Federal state]]|territory=Russia|start_date=|current_number=46 (48 if counting Kherson and Zaporozhye oblasts, which are internationally recognised as a part of Ukraine)|number_date=|population_range=156,996 ([[Magadan Oblast]]) – 7,095,120 ([[Moscow Oblast]])|area_range=15 100 km<sup>2</sup> ([[Kaliningrad Oblast]]) - 767 900 km<sup>2</sup> ([[Irkutsk Oblast]])|government=Oblast Government, [[Regional parliaments of Russia|Oblast Duma]]|subdivision=[[Raion#Russian Federation|Raion]], [[City of federal subject significance|City of oblast significance]], [[Selsoviet]], [[Okrug#Russian Federation|Okrug]], [[Urban-type settlement]]}} An '''oblast''' ({{lang-ru|область}}) is a type of [[Federal subjects of Russia|federal subject]] of the [[Russia|Russian Federation]]. ==Politics== Oblasts are [[Polity|political entities]] in a [[Federated state|federal union]]. They have representation in the [[Federation Council (Russia)|Federation Council]]. They serve as a first-level [[administrative division]]. Each oblast has a [[state government]]. It has control over its territory. They have a [[state legislature]], the ''Oblast Duma''. It is [[Democracy|democratically]] [[Election|elected]]. The [[Governor (Russia)|Governor]] is the highest [[Executive (government)|executive]] position of an oblast. He/she is elected by its people. ==Subdivisions under oblasts== Oblasts are divided into ''[[Raion#Russian Federation|raions]]'' (districts), [[City of federal subject significance|cities of oblast significance]] (district-equivalent [[Independent city|independent cities]]), and [[autonomous okrug]]s. These are legally federal subjects equal to an oblast but are different from others. Two oblasts have [[autonomous]] okrugs: [[Arkhangelsk Oblast]] ([[Nenets Autonomous Okrug]]) and [[Tyumen Oblast]] ([[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug]] and [[Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug]]). ==N