Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An administrative territorial division within Russia and other former Soviet republics, including Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.
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- noun A
region orprovince .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the late Twenties, Stalin created the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (oblast is the Russian term for province) on the Amur River near Vladivostok.
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If the oblast is restored, it will be because people here want it.
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If the oblast is restored, it will be because people here want it.
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If the oblast is restored, it will be because people here want it.
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May be I'm wrong, I remember something along the lines of pronunciation of Oriol' oblast' being the closest to the ideal.
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According to the head of state, there is another important area of cooperation with the Saratov oblast which is the studying of the Russian experience in the construction of nuclear power plants.
The BEING HAD Times 2008
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As I am registered in Lviv, my monthly allowance will be no more than the average salary in Lviv oblast, which is Hr 1,400. "
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It was also beaten by five autonomous okrugs and one oblast.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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It was also beaten by five autonomous okrugs and one oblast.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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It was also beaten by five autonomous okrugs and one oblast.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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