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autonomous okrugs

autonomous okrugs is the plural of autonomous okrug.

Meaning of autonomous okrug

Noun

autonomous okrug (plural autonomous okrugs or autonomous okruga)

  1. In the Soviet Union and Russia, a territorial and administrative division of a krai or oblast, which grants a degree of administrative autonomy to an ethnic minority, usually located in large, remote areas with sparse populations.
    • The largest Republic by far, the RSFSR, thus contains within its boundaries no less than sixteen Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, five Autonomous oblasti (Regions) and ten Autonomous okruga (Districts), while the other SSRs include four additional A SSRs and five further Autonomous Regions.1984, Peter Worsley, “Pluralism: Internationalism and Multinationalism”, in The Three Worlds: Culture and World Development, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, →ISBN, section IV (Ethnicity and...
    Synonyms:
    AO

Questions about autonomous okrugs

What is autonomous okrugs the plural of?
Autonomous okrugs is the plural of autonomous okrug.

Words near autonomous okrugs in the dictionary

  1. autonomous oblast
  2. autonomous oblasti
  3. autonomous oblasts
  4. autonomous okrug
  5. autonomous okruga
  6. autonomous okrugs
  7. autonomous prefecture
  8. autonomous prefectures
  9. autonomous region
  10. Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
  11. Autonomous Region of the Azores

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