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oblast

[ob-last, -lahst, aw-bluhst]

noun

plural

oblasts 
,

plural

oblasti .
  1. (in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.

  2. region; province.



oblast

/ ˈɒɑː /

noun

  1. an administrative division of the constituent republics of Russia

  2. an administrative and territorial division in some republics of the former Soviet Union

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of oblast1

1885–90; < Russian ó', Old Russian Dzĭ, equivalent to ob- against, on + ĭ authority, power; volost
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of oblast1

from Russian, from Old Slavonic, vlast government
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