An oblast (/ ˈ ɒ b l æ s t / or / ˈ ɒ b l ɑː s t /) [a] [b] is a type of administrative division in Bulgaria and several post-Soviet states, including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Historically, it was used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union .

Oblasts are divided into raions (districts), cities of oblast significance (district-equivalent independent cities), and autonomous okrugs, which are legally federal subjects equal to an oblast but are administratively subservient to one.

2017年8月1日 · An oblast is the political and administrative division of a country. In many places, these divisions are referred to as states or provinces. Oblast, or its cognates voblast and oblys, are terms used by many former Soviet countries.

2023年2月12日 · Oblasts are in yellow, krais in orange, federal cities in red, republics in green, autonomous okrugs in blue and the single autonomous oblast in the far south east in pink. Image: Roman Poulvas/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0.

The meaning of OBLAST is a political subdivision of Imperial Russia or a republic of the Soviet Union or of Russia.

Oblast is a type of administrative division in most Slavic countries and some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is used in English as well, [1] but it is often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region".

The largest oblast by size is Tyumen Oblast at 1,435,200 km 2 (when excluding autonomous okrugs Irkutsk Oblast is the largest at 767,900 km 2) and the smallest is Kaliningrad Oblast at 15,100 km 2. The most populous oblast is Moscow Oblast at 7,095,120 and the least populous is Magadan Oblast at 156,996.

Define oblast. oblast synonyms, oblast pronunciation, oblast translation, English dictionary definition of oblast. n. An administrative territorial division within Russia and other former Soviet republics, including Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.

2016年8月8日 · oblast (ō´bläst, ŏ´–, Rus. ô´bləstyə) [Rus.,=region], administrative and territorial division in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and the former USSR.

2025年1月4日 · The territorial subdivision below the level of the union republic — or at least below the level of the larger union republics — is that of the oblast, the krai, or the autonomous republic.