Western Oblast (Belarusian: Заходняя вобласць, Russian: Западная область) was an administrative unit (oblast) of the Russian Republic and the Soviet Russia, encompassing various western regions, mainly in modern Belarus and Lithuania. It was created in 1917, and included several governorates (Minsk, Mogilev, Vilna, Vitebsk).
Western Oblast (Belarusian: Заходняя вобласць, Russian: Западная область) was an administrative unit (oblast) of the Russian Republic and the Soviet Russia, encompassing various western regions, mainly in modern Belarus and Lithuania. It was created in 1917, and included several governorates (Minsk, Mogilev, Vilna, Vitebsk).
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