Ural Oblast Уральская область | |
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Oblast of the Russian Empire | |
1868–1920 | |
![]() Map of Ural Oblast | |
Capital | Uralsk |
History | |
• Established | 1868 |
• Disestablished | 12 October 1920 |
Today part of | Kazakhstan Russia Uzbekistan |
The Ural Oblast (Russian: Уральская область; Eng: Uralskaya Oblast) was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day western Kazakhstan. It was created out of the territories of the former Kazakh khanate.