• An oblast (/ˈɒblæst/ or /ˈɒblɑːst/) is a type of administrative division in Bulgaria and several post-Soviet states, including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine...
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    the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and clashed with the Russian Armed Forces and Russian border guard. According...
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    Until 1 December 2005, Perm Oblast (Russian: Пе́рмская о́бласть) was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in Privolzhsky (Volga) Federal District....
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    Moscow Oblast (Russian: Московская область, romanized: Moskovskaya oblast, IPA: [mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ], informally known as Подмосковье, Podmoskovye...
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    Chernivtsi Oblast (Ukrainian: Чернівецька область, romanized: Chernivetska oblast), also referred to as Chernivechchyna (Чернівеччина), is an oblast (province)...
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    Forces announced their withdrawal from Chernihiv, Kyiv, Sumy, and Zhytomyr oblasts in early April. In early September 2022, Ukrainian forces ended the months-long...
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    Kursk Oblast (Russian: Курская область, romanized: Kurskaya oblast', IPA: [ˈkurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative...
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    Leningrad Oblast (Russian: Ленинградская область, romanized: Leningradskaya oblast’, IPA: [lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]; Veps: Leningradan agj; Finnish:...
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    Vologda Oblast (Russian: Вологодская область, romanized: Vologodskaya oblastʹ, IPA: [vəlɐˈɡotskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]; Veps: Vologdan agj) is a federal subject...
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    Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Ukrainian: Запорізька область, romanized: Zaporizka oblast), commonly referred to as Zaporizhzhia (Запоріжжя), is an oblast (region)...
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    Luhansk Oblast to the east, Donetsk Oblast to the southeast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to the southwest, Poltava Oblast to the west, Sumy Oblast to the northwest...
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    The Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO; Russian: Еврейская автономная область (ЕАО), romanized: Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast, IPA: [jɪˈvrʲejskəjə ɐftɐˈnomnəjə...
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    Kemerovo Oblast (Russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, romanized: Kemerovskaya oblast', IPA: [ˈkʲemʲɪrəfskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ kʊzˈbas]), also known as Kuzbass (Russian:...
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    Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Russian: Нижегородская область, romanized: Nizhegorodskaya oblast') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative...
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    Sumy Oblast (Ukrainian: Сумська область, romanized: Sumska oblast), also known as Sumshchyna (Сумщина), is an oblast (province) in northeast Ukraine....
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    raions (districts). The first oblasts were Vinnytsia Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Odesa Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Soon after that, in the...
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    Arkhangelsk Oblast (Russian: Архангельская область, IPA: [ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic...
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    Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukrainian: Закарпатська область), also referred to as simply Zakarpattia (Ukrainian: Закарпаття; Hungarian: Kárpátalja) or Transcarpathia...
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    Rostov Oblast (Russian: Росто́вская о́бласть, romanized: Rostovskaya oblast', IPA: [rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located...
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    Tyumen Oblast (Russian: Тюме́нская о́бласть, romanized: Tyumenskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is located in Western Siberia...
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    Volgograd Oblast (Russian: Волгоградская область, IPA: [vəɫɡɐˈgratskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the lower Volga...
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    Luhansk Oblast (Ukrainian: Луганська область, romanized: Luhanska oblast; Russian: Луганская область, romanized: Luganskaya oblast), also referred to as...
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  • Thumbnail for Amur Oblast
    Amur Oblast (/əˈmʊər ˈɒblæst/) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located on the banks of the Amur and Zeya rivers in the Russian Far East. The...
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    Kaliningrad Oblast (Russian: Калининградская область, romanized: Kaliningradskaya oblastʹ) is the westernmost federal subject of the Russian Federation...
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    Donetsk Oblast, also referred to as Donechchyna (Ukrainian: Донеччина, IPA: [doˈnɛtʃːɪnɐ]), is an oblast in eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous...
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    Astrakhan Oblast (Russian: Астраха́нская о́бласть, romanized: Astrakhanskaya oblastʹ; Kazakh: Астрахан облысы, romanized: Astrahan oblysy) is a federal...
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    Murmansk Oblast is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia, located in the northwestern part of the country, with a total land area of 144,900 square kilometres...
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  • Thumbnail for Chelyabinsk Oblast
    Chelyabinsk Oblast is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center...
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    Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russian: Свердловская область, IPA: [svʲɪrdˈlofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal...
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    Oblast (Russian: Сахали́нская о́бласть, romanized: Sakhalinskaya oblast', IPA: [səxɐˈlʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast)...
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