Regiunea Bârlad was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania

Communist Romania

Communist Romania was the period in Romanian history when that country was a Soviet-aligned communist state in the Eastern Bloc, with the dominant role of Romanian Communist Party enshrined in its successive constitutions...

, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.

History

The capital of the region was Bârlad

Bârlad

Bârlad is a city in Vaslui County, Romania. It lies on the banks of the Bârlad River, which waters the high plains of eastern Moldavia....

, and its territory comprised an area similar to the nowadays Vaslui County

Vaslui County

Vaslui is a county of Romania, in the historical region Moldavia, with the seat at Vaslui.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 455,049 and the population density was 86/km².*Romanians - over 98%*Romas, other-Geography:...

. After the 1952 reorganisation, the region merged with Putna region, keeping its name and losing raion

Raion

A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...

s Vaslui and Huşi to Iaşi region; raion Fălciu changed name and capital to Murgeni. In 1956 the region was dissolved and its raions went either to Bacău

Regiunea Bacau

Regiunea Bacău was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.-History:...

 (Zeletin, Adjud), Galaţi (Tecuci, Focşani, Vrancea, Panciu) or Iaşi (Bârlad, Murgeni) regions.

Neighbors

Bârlad region had as neighbors:

• 1950–1952: East: Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic; South: Galaţi and Putna region regions; West: Bacău region
  Regiunea Bacau
  Regiunea Bacău was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.-History:...
  
  ; North: Iaşi region.
• 1952–1956: East: Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic; South: Galaţi and Ploieşti regions; West: Regiunea Autonomă Maghiară and Bacău region
  Regiunea Bacau
  Regiunea Bacău was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.-History:...
  
  ; North: Iaşi.

Rayons

• 1950–1952: Bârlad, Vaslui, Huşi, Zeletin, Fălciu.
• 1952–1956: Bârlad, Vaslui, Huşi, Zeletin, Murgeni, Tecuci Focşani, Vrancea, Panciu.