Oblast

An oblast (Slavonian verbalism or term, Czech: oblast, Slovak: oblas?, Russian, Ukrainian: ????????, Bulgarian: ???????) English equivalent area, province or zone.

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Slavonian - Czech - Slovak - Russian - Ukrainian - Bulgarian - English - Area - Province - Zone

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The oblast in Eastern Europe and Russian Federation geographic context is a subnational entity of Bulgaria, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the now-defunct Soviet Union. Official terms in other successor states of the Soviet Union differ, but some still use a cognate of the Russian term, e.g. voblast (voblasts, voblasts' ) is used for provinces of Belarus, and oblys (plural: oblystar) for provinces of Kazakhstan.

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Eastern Europe - Russian Federation - Subnational entity - Bulgaria - Ukraine - Soviet Union - Cognate - Provinces of Belarus - Provinces of Kazakhstan

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The word is often (and sometimes inaccurately) translated as "province" or "region".

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