Oblast

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Oblast ( Russian and Ukrainian область; belarusian вобласць, Woblasz ; Serb and Bulgarian област; slawisch feminine German also masculine; Kazakh Oblys , plural: Oblystar [ Облыс / Облыстар ]; plurality in German: oblasts or Oblasts ; literally "area") is the name for a larger administrative district in Bulgaria , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Russia , Ukraine and Belarus .

States

Bulgaria

The Bulgarian central state is divided into 28 oblasts, which before 1999 were called "okruge". From 1987 to 1999, three to four of the then okruge were combined into one oblast.

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is divided into 14 Oblystar and three cities with special status.

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan is divided into seven oblasts and the two independent cities of Bishkek and Osh .

Russia

In Russia, the oblast is a federation unit ( subject ), endowed with administrative autonomy and the equivalent of the German state or the American state . Oblasts have far fewer powers than the sub-republics.

Slovakia

Ukraine

The Ukraine 's 24 regions, the Crimea divided and two cities with special status.

Belarus

Belarus is divided into six Woblasze and the capital district Minsk.

Web links

Wiktionary: Oblast  - explanations of meanings, origins of words, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. Oblast - meaning, spelling, grammar, origin . Duden. Retrieved August 21, 2011.