Western Krai (Russian: Западный край, literally Western Land) was an unofficial name for the westernmost parts of the Russian Empire, excluding the territory...

as krais, either formally or informally. Some of these krais were: Caucasus Krai Turkestan Krai Privislinsky Krai Uriankhaisky Krai Western Krai Northwestern...

Governorate Mogilev Governorate Vitebsk Governorate Southwestern Krai Western Krai Шафарик, П.И. Славянское народописание / П.И. Шафарик; пер. с чешского...

The western area of Stavropol Krai is considered part of the Kuban region, the traditional home of the Kuban Cossacks, with most of the krai's population...

Krasnoyarsk Krai (Russian: Красноярский край, IPA: [krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj]) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) located in Siberia. Its administrative...

Krasnodar Krai (Russian: Краснода́рский край, romanized: Krasnodarskiy kray, IPA: [krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj]) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located...

Primorsky Krai (Russian: Приморский край, lit. 'coastal territory'), informally known as Primorye (Приморье, [prʲɪˈmorʲjɪ]), is a federal subject (a krai) of...

Altai Krai (Russian: Алта́йский край, romanized: Altayskiy kray, IPA: [ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj]) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise...

Southwestern Krai (Russian: Юго-западный край, romanized: Yugo-zapadny kray), also known as Kiev General Governorate or Kiev, Podolia, and Volhynia General...

Khabarovsk Krai (Russian: Хабаровский край, romanized: Khabarovskiy kray, IPA: [xɐˈbarəfskʲɪj kraj]) is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia. It is located...

Region, Uganda Western Regions, a historic name for central Asia West Region, Cameroon West Region, Ireland West Region, Singapore Western Krai of the former...

have been detrimental to its economy. Perm Krai is located to the east of the East European Plain and the western slope of the Middle Ural Mountains. 99.8%...

Siberian Krai (Russian: Западно-Сибирский край, Zapadno-Sibirsky Krai) was an early krai of the Russian SFSR, created after the split of the Siberian Krai in...

had formerly possessed to the German Empire and Austria-Hungary. Kresy Western Krai a ^ Sources agree that after the fall of the January Uprising in 1864...

ukase of Catherine the Great of December 23, 1791 limited the Pale to: Western Krai: Mogilev Governorate Polotsk Governorate (later reorganized into Vitebsk...

settlement Mestechko (местечко, from Polish: miasteczko), a small town in the Western Krai annexed during the partitions of Poland; typically a mestechko would...

IPA: [bərnɐˈul]) is the largest city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob Rivers in the...

Primorsky Krai is located in the southern far east, in the south-eastern part of Russia. In the north it borders with Khabarovsk Krai, in the west with...

Turkestan) was the western part of Turkestan within the Russian Empire’s Central Asian territories, and was administered as a Krai or Governor-Generalship...

Uryankhay Krai was the name of what is today Tuva and was a short-lived protectorate of the Russian Empire that was proclaimed on 17 April 1914, created...

Zheleznogorsk (Russian: Железного́рск), is a closed town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, with a developed nuclear industry. The town has a population of 84...

was superseded by Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia. Western Oblast Western Krai Западная Область "Establishment of the Soviet Socialist Republic...

were officially known as the Western Krai, and in Poland as the taken lands (Polish: ziemie zabrane). The Western Krai comprised the following lands...

Caucasian and Southern Federal Districts and consists of Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai, and the constituent republics, approximately from west to east:...

Jews) exemption from military service. Other colonies in New Russia and Western Krai followed. In 1835 an abortive attempt to establish Jewish colonies in...

incorporated into the Western Oblast. On September 27, 1937, the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union decided to abolish the Western Krai, dividing it...

Far Eastern Krai (Russian: Дальневосточный край, romanized: Dal'nevostochnyy kray) was a krai of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic of the...

Lodomeria, and as the administrative language in the Russian Empire's Western Krai. The growth of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth's influence gave Polish...

Far Eastern Federal District Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, Sakha Republic, Oymyakonsky, Ust-Yansky, Verkhoyansky and districts...

(a selo) and the administrative center of Aleutsky District of Kamchatka Krai, Russia, located on Bering Island in the Commander Islands chain. Population:...