Administrative divisions of Moscow Oblast

The oblast was established within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on January 14, 1929, as Central Industrial Oblast () from abolished Moscow, Ryazan, Tula, and Tver Governorates, as well as from parts of Kaluga and Vladimir Governorates. On June 3, 1929, the oblast was given its present name. In September 1937, the oblast was split into Moscow, Ryazan, and Tula Oblasts, thus establishing itself in its present borders. A part of Moscow Oblast's territory, including the towns of Troitsk, Shcherbinka, and Moskovsky, urban-type settlements of Kokoshkino and Kiyevsky, as well as parts of territories of Leninsky, Naro-Fominsky, and Podolsky Districts, was transferred to the federal city of Moscow on July 1, 2012. ==Administrative division structure==

In terms of administrative division, the Oblast is divided into: • cities/towns under the Oblast administration; • urban-type settlements under the Oblast administration; • closed administrative-territorial formations. ==Municipal divisions structure==

In terms of the local self-government, the Oblast is divided into: • urban okrugs. ==List of administrative and municipal divisions==

==Differences in municipal and administrative divisions==

In terms of administrative division, • Krasnoznamensk, Molodyozhny, and Voskhod Urban Okrugs correspond to closed administrative-territorial formations. • The closed administrative-territorial formations of Vlasikha and Zvyozdny gorodok have not yet been municipally incorporated as urban okrugs (as of January 2009). • All other urban okrugs correspond to the cities/towns under the oblast jurisdiction. ==See also==