Oblast
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An oblast (Russian: о́бласть) is an administrative unit of the Russian Federation. Russian oblasts are further subdivided into districts (Russian: районы; English transliteration: rayony). The word is often translated as "province".
See also: Oblasts of Russia.
Oblasts are also administrative units of Bulgaria and Ukraine.
The corresponding term in Belarus is voblast and in Kazakhstan is oblysy.
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References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Oblast" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
