Ural Oblast (Russian Empire)

Ural Oblast
Уральская область
Oblast of the Russian Empire
1868–1920
Coat of arms

Map of Ural Oblast
CapitalUralsk
History 
 Established
1868
 Disestablished
12 October 1920
Today part ofKazakhstan
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.