| Conventional Long Name: | Ural Oblast |
| Common Name: | Ural Oblast |
| Subdivision: | Oblast |
| Nation: | the Russian SFSR |
| Year Start: | 1923 |
| Year End: | 1934 |
| P1: | Perm Governorate |
| Flag P1: | Coat of arms of Perm Governorate 1856.svg |
| P2: | Yekaterinburg Governorate |
| P3: | Tyumen Governorate |
| P4: | Chelyabinsk Governorate |
| S1: | Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug |
| Flag S1: | Flag of Permyakia.svg |
| S2: | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug |
| Flag S2: | Flag of Yugra.svg |
| S3: | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug |
| Flag S3: | Flag of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District.svg |
| S4: | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
| Flag S4: | Flag_of_Sverdlovsk_Oblast.svg |
| S5: | Chelyabinsk Oblast |
| Flag S5: | Flag_of_Chelyabinsk_Oblast.svg |
| S6: | Ob-Irtysh Oblast |
| Image Map Caption: | Ural Oblast in 1925 |
| Capital: | Sverdlovsk |
| Political Subdiv: | okrugs and rayons, number of them was often changed |
| Stat Pop1: | 6380000 |
| Stat Area1: | 1659000 |
The Ural Oblast (Russian: Уральская область) was an oblast of the Russian SFSR within the USSR. It was created November 3, 1923 by the merger of Perm, Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk and Tyumen Governorates.[1] The capital of the oblast was Sverdlovsk. At the time of its creation area of oblast was 1,659,000 km2 and the population was 6,380,000.
On February 26, 1925, Komi-Permyak Okrug was separated from the western portion of the oblast.
In 1927, the oblast was divided into 16 okrugs and 210 rayons. Okrugs included: Verkhne-Kamsky, Zlatoustovsky, Irbitsky, Ishimsky, Komi-Permyatsky, Kungursky, Kurgansky, Permsky, Sarapulsky, Sverdlovsky, Tagilsky, Tobolsky, Troitsky, Tyumensky, Chelyabinsky and Shadrinsky. Borders between okrugs and rayons often changed.
On August 8, 1930, okrugs were abolished. On December 10, 1930, Ostyak-Vogul and Yamal (Nenets) national okrugs were created in the northern part of former Tobolsky okrug. On January 17, 1934, the oblast was abolished and was replaced by Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Ob-Irtysh oblasts. At the end of 1933, the oblast's area was 1,896,000 km2.