The main administrative units of Belarus

Voevodstvos (voivodeships, provinces)

• Bialystok (1919-1939) ^[1]
• Berestie (Brest) (1565-1795) ^[1]
• Vilno (Vilnius) (1413-1795, 1925-1939) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Vitebsk (1511-1794) ^{[1] [2]}
• Grodno (1793-1795) ^[1]
• Kiev (1471-1793*) ^[1]
• Mensk (Minsk) (1565-1793) ^[1]
• Mstislavl (1565-1772) ^[1]
• Novogorodek (Novogrudok) (1507-1795) ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Novogrudok (1921-1939) ^[1]
• Podlasie-Berestie (Podlaskie) (1513-1565*) ^[1]
• Polesie (1921-1939) ^[1]
• Polotsk (1504-1793) ^{[1] [2]}
• Troki (1413-1795) ^{[1] [2]}

Gubernias (governorates, provinces)

• Belarus (1796-1802) ^[1]
• Vilno (Vilnius) (1795-1797, 1801-1920) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}
• Vitebsk (1802-1924) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Gomel (1919-1926) ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Grodno (1802-1921) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
• Kovno (Kaunas) (1843-1919) ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Lithuania (1797-1801) ^[1]
• Minsk (1793-1921) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}
• Mogilev (1772-1796 и 1802-1919) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Polotsk (1776-1796) ^{[1] [2]}
• Pskov (1772-1776**) ^{[1] [2]}
• Slonim (1795-1797, 1801) ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Smolensk (1918-1924***) ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Okrugs (areas, districts)

• Bobruisk (17.07.1924 – 26.07.1930) ^[1]
• Borisov (17.07.1924 – 12.04.1927) ^{[1] [2]}
• Vitebsk (17.07.1924 – 26.07.1930) ^[1]
• Gomel (8.12.1926 – 26.07.1930) ^[1]
• Kalinin (17.07.1924 – 9.06.1927) ^{[1] [2]}
• Lepel (21.06.1935 – 20.02.1938) ^[1]
• Mogilev (17.07.1924 – 26.07.1930) ^[1]
• Mozyr (17.07.1924 – 26.07.1930 and 21.06.1935 – 20.02.1938) ^{[1] [2]}
• Minsk (17.07.1924 – 26.07.1930) ^[1]
• Orsha (17.07.1924 – 26.07.1930) ^[1]
• Polotsk (17.07.1924 – 26.07.1930 and 21.06.1935 – 20.02.1938) ^{[1] [2]}
• Rechitsa (8.12.1926 – 9.06.1927) ^{[1] [2]}
• Slutsk (17.07.1924 – 12.04.1927 and 21.06.1935 – 20.02.1938) ^{[1] [2]}

Oblasts (regions)

in the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic (1917), and the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic (RSFSR):

• Bialystok (1808-1842) ^[1]
• Western (1917-1918) ^[1]

in the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR) and the Republic of Belarus:

• Baranovichi (4.12.1939 – 8.01.1954) ^{[1] [2]}
• Bialystok (4.12.1939 – 20.09.1944) ^{[2] [3]}
• Bobruisk (20.09.1944 – 8.01.1954) ^{[1] [2]}
• Brest (4.12.1939 to the present) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
• Vileika (4.12.1939 – 20.09.1944 renamed Molodechno) ^[1]
• Vitebsk (15.01.1938 to the present) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Gomel (15.01.1938 to the present) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Grodno (20.09.1944 to the present) ^{[1] [2]}
• Minsk (15.01.1938 to the present) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Mogilev (15.01.1938 to the present) ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Molodechno (20.09.1944 – 20.01.1960) ^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Pinsk (4.12.1939 – 8.01.1954) ^{[1] [2]}
• Polesie (15.01.1938 – 8.01.1954) ^{[1] [2]}
• Polotsk (20.09.1944 – 8.01.1954) ^{[1] [2]}

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^* Dates when the voivodeship included part of the Belarusian lands.
^**Dates when the province included part of the Belarusian lands.
^***Dates when the province belonged to a political entity that encompassed part of Belarus or included some of the Belarusian districts.