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How to use oblast in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Oblast means a region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries. Example: “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.”

Examples of oblast by meaning

nounA region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries.

  • 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.1979, Jerry Fincher Hough, How the Soviet Union Is Governed, page 483
  • Almaty oblast (distinct from Almaty city) is the most rural of Kazakhstan's oblasts, at just 22.2 percent urban.2010, Martha Brill Olcott, Kazakhstan: Unfulfilled Promise, page 194

More sentences with oblast

  • Levels in oblasts and cities were below 10 percent of total expenditure (Table 3.6).2017 October, International Monetary Fund, Ukraine: Technical Assistance Report—Fiscal Decentralization and Legal Framework for Fiscal…. From the entry hromada
  • The winners’ votes were summed across all okruhs within each oblast.2014, Robert S[acha] Kravchuk, Victor Chudowsky, “Ukraine’s 1994 Elections as an Economic Event”, in Paul D’Anieri, Taras Kuzio, editors…. From the entry okruh
  • Eighteen additional nationalities had territorial enclaves (autonomous oblasts and okruga) but possessed very little power of self-government.2002 May, Choon Taeck Kong, Multicultural Theological Education at the Kazakhstan Evangelical Christian Seminary, Los Angeles, Calif.…. From the entry okrug
  • The autonomous oblast has the rights and bears the obligations of a kray and oblast.1992, Draft Constitution of the Russian Federation, Article 81. From the entry autonomous oblast
  • Abdyldayev—is a native Bishkekian, and several chiefs of oblast administrations come from Narynsk and Chu Oblasts, and so on.1994 March 2, Zhumagul Saadanbekov, quotee, “Saadanbekov Details Political Views, Activities [SLOVO KYRGYZSTANA 25 Dec]”, in FBIS Report…. From the entry Bishkekian
  • Unlike the Armenians in the NKAO they are deprived even of those opportunities represented by autonomous oblast status.1989, Daily report: Soviet Union, Issues 181-186, p. 75. From the entry autonomous oblast
  • Below the oblasts come cities of oblast subordination and raiony.1987, Cameron Ross, “Introduction”, in Local Government in the Soviet Union: Problems of Implementation and Control, New York, N.Y.: St.…. From the entry raion
  • The Ukrainian SSR is divided into 25 administrative oblasts.1971, Shevchenko Scientific Society, edited by Володи́мир Миха́йлович Кубійо́вич [Volodymyr Kubijovyč], Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopaedia…. From the entry silrada
  • Each oblast is in turn subdivided into raions.1971, Shevchenko Scientific Society, edited by Володи́мир Миха́йлович Кубійо́вич [Volodymyr Kubijovyč], Ukraine: A Concise Encyclopaedia…. From the entry silrada
  • In the republics of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaidzhan and Moldavia, there are no oblasts and thus the raiony and cities here will be subordinate to the Republic level.1987, Cameron Ross, “Introduction”, in Local Government in the Soviet Union: Problems of Implementation and Control, New York, N.Y.: St.…. From the entry raion

Meaning of oblast

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

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Questions about oblast in a sentence

How do you use oblast in a sentence?
Oblast is used as a noun. For example: “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.”
What is a short sentence with oblast?
“Each oblast is in turn subdivided into raions.”
What does oblast mean?
Oblast means a region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries.

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