Definition of Oblast

1. Noun. A region or province. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oblast

1. an administrative division of Russia [n -LASTS or -LASTI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oblast

objure
objured
objures
objurgate
objurgated
objurgates
objurgating
objurgation
objurgations
objurgative
objurgatively
objurgatory
objuring
oblanceolate
oblanceolate leaf
oblast (current term)
oblasti
oblasts
oblate
oblately
oblateness
oblatenesses
oblates
oblati
oblational
oblationer
oblationers
oblations
oblative
oblatory

Literary usage of Oblast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Environmental Performance Reviews by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (1999)
"North 1 Republic of Karelia 2 Komi Republic 3 Arkhangelsk oblast 4 Nenets autonomous okrug 5 Vologda oblast 6 Murmansk oblast North-west 7 St. Petersburg ..."

2. Environmental Financing in the Russian Federation by Centre for Co-operation with Non-members (1998)
"Russian Environmental Academy, deputy chairman of Sverdlovsk oblast Environmental ... The oblast is a major industrial centre, particularly for ferrous and ..."

3. Human Rights in Tajikistan: In the Wake of Civil War by Rachel Denber (1993)
"Cases in Leninabad oblast' The civil war had virtually no effect on the Leninabad oblast', and mass demonstrations were a rare occurrence. ..."

4. OECD Economic Surveys by OECD Staff (2004)
"Energy supply arrangements and consumer prices, Samara oblast' 2003 (RUB/kWh) Higher tariffs are good news, but they are not enough to resolve the sector's ..."

5. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"... VNII-I In Magadan oblast several engineering-geological formations have been isolated of which the most widespread are the formations of pre-Paleozoic ..."

6. The Modern Uzbeks: From the Fourteenth Century to the Present : a Cultural by Edward Allworth (1990)
"Eighteen villages in Khwarazm oblast had acquired the name Kirov, from Stalin's ... In 1975 villages in Andijan oblast bearing tribal names included ..."

7. An International Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility: Exploring a Russian by Glenn E. Schweitzer, A. Chelsea Sharber (2005)
"... Chita oblast)* Vasily I. ... Located in the eastern Baikal region (southeastern Chita oblast, ..."

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