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Definition of Oblast
1. an administrative division of Russia [n -LASTS or -LASTI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oblast
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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