oblast

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

noun,plural o·blasts, Russian o·bla·sti

[aw-bluh-styee]. /ˈɔ blə styi/.

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

Origin of oblast

1885–90; <Russian óblast',Old Russian oblastĭ, equivalent to ob- against, on + vlastĭ authority, power; see volost

Words Nearby oblast

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How to use oblast in a sentence

But the problem is, precisely, that there are no authorities who really control the situation in Donetsk oblast just now.
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British Dictionary definitions for oblast

oblast

/ (ˈɒblɑːst) /

noun

an administrative division of the constituent republics of Russia
an administrative and territorial division in some republics of the former Soviet Union

Origin of oblast

from Russian, from Old Slavonic, vlast government

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