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o·blast  blst, ôbläst)
n.
An administrative territorial division within Russia and other former Soviet republics, including Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.

[Russian oblast', from Old Church Slavonic oblast : ob, on; see epi in Indo-European roots + vlast, power; see wal- in Indo-European roots.]

oblast [ˈɒblɑːst]
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an administrative division of the constituent republics of Russia
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an administrative and territorial division in some republics of the former Soviet Union
[from Russian, from Old Slavonic, vlast government]


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