oblast

oblast englanniksi

1. A region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries.

2. {{quote-book|en|year=1979|author=Jerry Fincher Hough|title=How the Soviet Union Is Governed|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=38gMzMRXCpQC&pg=PA483&dq=%22oblast%22%7C%22oblasts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MWfNUduyCqrBiQf-3IGADw&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22oblast%22%7C%22oblasts%22&f=false|page=483

3. {{quote-book|en|year=2002|author=Kathryn Stoner-Weiss|title=Local Heroes: The Political Economy of Russian Regional Governance|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=2D4l4DrMKmkC&pg=PA119&dq=%22oblast%22%7C%22oblasts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MWfNUduyCqrBiQf-3IGADw&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22oblast%22%7C%22oblasts%22&f=false|page=119

4. {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=Martha Brill Olcott|title=Kazakhstan: Unfulfilled Promise|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=8Tom2gU6rzIC&pg=PA194&dq=%22oblast%22%7C%22oblasts%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MWfNUduyCqrBiQf-3IGADw&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22oblast%22%7C%22oblasts%22&f=false|page=194

5. area (gloss)

6. district, region

7. area, zone

8. province

9. rule, power

10. authority, government, regime

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