In Russia, who or what is an oblast?
In the now-dissolved Soviet Union, oblasts were one of the types of administrative divisions of the union republics. As any administrative units of this level, oblasts were composed of districts (raions) and cities/towns directly under oblasts' jurisdiction.
An oblast is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine, and the now-defunct Soviet Union and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The term is analogous to "state" or "province".
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19 Comments
Georgia Kemp
Oblasts or krays, depending on size.
Lynne Zeman
How is a word's meaning different in any language?
Rafi Manory
The term is analogous to "county' in the US or "prefecture" in Japan.
Sean Philips
Mild swear word! Good one Steve, love it😄
ninakamwene
Very lucky guess
Joanne Serin
Zee Zdravko Dimov, and a province is similar to a state. The U.S. is divided into states, while Canada has provinces.
Louise C.
Another great question from Stevie G. Thank you
Marcella Kosse
Got it.
Michael Topliss
Got it.
Zee Zdravko Dimov
"The term is analogous to "state" or "province"" - Oblast is a province, period !!! :(
Zee Zdravko Dimov
Bulgaria was not part of the USSR. Where do you get your info from? :(
Maho girl
Thank you to "A Gentleman in Moscow"
Frances Brook Wilson
Got it
Leanna Greenbush
No clue.
Humberto Carrasco
GOT IT CORRECT