oblast

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

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noun

plural oblasts, Russian oblasti

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

oblast

/ ˈɒ��ɑː�� /

noun

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of oblast¹

1885–90; < Russian ó��&#��27;, Old Russian �ǲ��ĭ, equivalent to ob- against, on + ��ĭ authority, power; volost

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Word History and Origins

Origin of oblast¹

from Russian, from Old Slavonic, vlast government

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The allegations about Chinese soldiers fighting for Russia follows Ukraine's capture of two injured North Korean soldiers in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

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This is a reference to the Chelyabinsk meteor that entered Earth's atmosphere over Russia's Chelyabinsk Oblast in 2013.

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Ukraine launched a lightning thrust into the Russian oblast of Kursk last August, taking Russian border guards by surprise.

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Two wounded North Korean soldiers have been captured as prisoners of war by Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday.

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With this extraordinarily bold and well-executed incursion into Russia’s Kursk oblast, it got it.

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