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An oblast is a top-level administrative division within Russia. Oblasts are the most common type of division in Russia, and have a federally appointed governor and locally elected legislature.
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17 Russian oblast topics matching:
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| x Amur Oblast |
Amur Oblast (Russian: Аму́рская о́бласть, Amurskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), situated about 8,000 kilometers (5,000 mi) east of Moscow on the banks of the Amur and Zeya Rivers. It shares its border with the Sakha Republic...
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| x Arkhangelsk Oblast |
Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, Arkhangelskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya islands, and also has administrative jurisdiction over Nenets Autonomous Okrug....
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Astrakhan (Russian: А́страхань; Tatar: Әстерхан, Ästerxan; Persian: حاجیترخان Haji-Tarkhan) is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on the Volga River, close to where it...
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| x Belgorod Oblast |
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Belgorod Oblast (Russian: Белгоро́дская о́бласть, Belgorodskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod. Population: 1,511,620 (2002 Census); 1,380,723 (1989 Census).
Belgorod Oblast is...
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| x Bryansk Oblast |
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Bryansk Oblast (Russian: Бря́нская о́бласть, Bryanskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Bryansk. Population: 1,378,941 (2002 Census); 1,474,785 (1989 Census).
Bryansk Oblast is located in...
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| x Chelyabinsk Oblast |
Chelyabinsk Oblast (Russian: Челя́бинская о́бласть, Chelyabinskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Chelyabinsk. Population: 3,603,339 (2002 Census); 3,623,732 (1989 Census).
Chelyabinsk...
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| x Chita Oblast |
Chita Oblast (Russian: Чити́нская о́бласть), Chitinskaya oblast) was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in south-east Siberia, Russia. Its administrative center was the city of Chita. It had extensive international borders with China (998 km)...
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| x Irkutsk Oblast |
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Irkutsk Oblast (Russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in south-eastern Siberia in the basins of Angara River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is Irkutsk....
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| x Ivanovo Oblast |
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Ivanovo Oblast (Russian: Ива́новская о́бласть, Ivanovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).
Its three largest cities are Ivanovo (administrative center), Kineshma, and Shuya.
The principal center of tourism is Plyos. The Volga...
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| x Kaliningrad |
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Kaliningrad (Russian: Калининград, Prussian:Twānksta, Lithuanian: Karaliaučius, German: Königsberg, Polish: Królewiec) is a seaport and the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, the Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic...
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| x Kaluga Oblast |
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Kaluga Oblast (Russian: Калу́жская о́бласть, Kaluzhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga.
Kaluga Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400...
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| x Kemerovo Oblast |
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Kemerovo Oblast (Russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, Kemerovskaya oblast), often called Kuzbass (Кузба́сс) after the Kuznetsk Basin, is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in south-western Siberia, where the West-Siberian Plain meets the...
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| x Kirov Oblast |
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Kirov Oblast (Russian: Ки́ровская о́бласть, Kirovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kirov.
Kirov Oblast is located in the Moscow Time Zone (MSK/MSD). UTC offset is +0300 (MSK)/+0400 ...
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| x Kostroma Oblast |
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Kostroma Oblast (Russian: Костромска́я о́бласть, Kostromskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma.
Major historic towns include Kostroma, Sharya, Nerekhta, Galich, Soligalich, and...
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| x Kurgan Oblast |
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Kurgan Oblast (Russian: Курга́нская о́бласть, Kurganskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan.
The Kurgan Oblast is located in Southern Russia and is part of the Urals Federal District....
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| x Kursk Oblast |
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Kursk Oblast (Russian: Ку́рская о́бласть, Kurskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kursk.
The oblast occupies the southern slopes of the middle-Russian plateau, and its average elevation...
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| x Sverdlovsk Oblast |
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Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russian: Свердло́вская о́бласть, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in the Urals Federal District. Given that the bulk of the oblast lies on the Asian side of the Urals (only its south-western...
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