Soviet administrative reform

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The Soviet administrative reform was a series of structural changes implemented by the Soviet government to reorganize and centralize territorial-administrative divisions across the former Russian Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative reform ⓘ
government reform ⓘ
policy of the Soviet Union ⓘ
affectedEntity Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
Central Asian Soviet republics ⓘ
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic ⓘ
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Ukraine
appliesToTerritory former Russian Empire ⓘ
component abolition or merger of pre-revolutionary guberniyas ⓘ
creation of autonomous oblasts ⓘ
creation of autonomous republics ⓘ
creation of krais ⓘ
creation of national-territorial units for ethnic minorities ⓘ
creation of oblasts ⓘ
creation of okrugs ⓘ
creation of union republics ⓘ
introduction of raions as basic administrative units ⓘ
redrawing of internal borders ⓘ
reduction of number of small uyezds and volosts ⓘ
transfer of territories between republics ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
field public administration ⓘ
territorial organization of the state ⓘ
goal centralization of state power ⓘ
integration of non-Russian regions into Soviet state structure ⓘ
reorganization of territorial-administrative divisions ⓘ
standardization of administrative units ⓘ
strengthening control of the Communist Party over regions ⓘ
ideologicalContext Leninist nationalities policy ⓘ
Stalinist centralization ⓘ
implementedBy Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Council of People’s Commissars ⓘ
Soviet government ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the USSR of 1924 ⓘ
Constitution of the USSR of 1936 ⓘ
decrees of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee ⓘ
decrees of the All-Union Central Executive Committee ⓘ
motivation ideological aim to build a socialist state ⓘ
legacy of tsarist administrative system ⓘ
need to consolidate Bolshevik power after the Russian Civil War ⓘ
result alignment of administrative borders with Soviet nationalities policy ⓘ
increased control of central authorities over local governance ⓘ
more centralized administrative hierarchy ⓘ
replacement of imperial-era administrative units ⓘ
significantPeriod 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
post-World War II period ⓘ
startTime 1918 ⓘ

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Vitebsk Governorate → abolishedBy → Soviet administrative reform ⓘ
Soviet occupation of Tbilisi → followedBy → Sovietization of Georgian institutions ⓘ
linked to: Soviet administrative reform
Kalyazinsky Uyezd → dissolvedIn → Soviet administrative reform ⓘ
Yelisavetgrad Uyezd → dissolvedBy → Soviet administrative reform ⓘ
Uyezds of Tula Governorate → abolishedIn → Soviet administrative reforms ⓘ
linked to: Soviet administrative reform
Pskov Governorate → dissolutionContext → Soviet administrative reform ⓘ