Velikiye Luki Oblast
Velikiye Luki Oblast (, "Velikolukskaya oblast") was an "oblast" (a first-level administrative and municipal unit) of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1944 to 1957. Its seat was in the city of Velikiye Luki. The oblast was located in the northwest of European Russia, and its territory is currently divided between Novgorod, Pskov, and Tver Oblasts.