Беластокская область Obwód białostocki Belostok Oblast Oblast of Russian Empire ← 1807 – 1842 → Capital Belostok 53°08′N 23°09′E / 53.133°N 23.15°E / 53.133; 23.15Coordinates: 53°08′N 23°09′E / 53.133°N 23.15°E / 53.133; 23.15 History  - Established July 9 1807  - Disestablished 1842

Belostok Oblast (Russian: Белостокская область, Polish: Obwód białostocki) was an administrative division in the Russian Empire. The region had a capital in Belostok (modern Białystok).

In the 19th century, some of the oblasts were administrative divisions which had a status roughly equal to that of the guberniyas; i.e., they existed independently from the guberniyas, not as their parts as it used to be the case in the 18th century. The Oblast was created from former Prussian Białystok Department, gained by Russia in the Treaties of Tilsit.

Belostok Oblast was abolished in 1842 or 1843 when it was included into Grodno Governorate.

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