Belostok Oblast

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

Blostok Oblast should not be confused with Belastok Voblast, created after Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, in Belarusian SSR. It lasted until German invasion of Russia of 1941.