History
The system of Ukrainian subdivisions reflects country's status as a unitary state with unified legal and administrative regimes for each unit. In the post-World War II period, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic consisted of 25 oblasts and two cities with special status. Before Ukraine was subdivided into oblasts, the Ukrainian SSR was divided into 40 okrugs, which replaced the former Russian Imperial guberniya subdivision.
In 1932, the territory of the Ukrainian SSR was re-established based on oblasts. Excluded in the administrative changes was Western Ukraine, which was then part of the Second Polish Republic and was subject to their form of administrative division based on voivodeships. Since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Crimea has obtained the status of an autonomous republic with its own government instead of a regional state administration. Each region of Ukraine has at least one city of oblast subordinance, which is always the region's administrative center. Also, each region is divided into many raions (districts) and may contain additional "city raions."
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