o·blast (ô bl st, 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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