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oblasti

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o⋅blast

  [ob-last, -lahst; Russ. aw-bluhst]
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–noun, plural o⋅blasts, Russian. o⋅bla⋅sti  [aw-bluh-styee] .
1. (in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province.
2. region; province.
Origin:
1885–90; < Russ óblast', ORuss oblastĭ, equiv. to ob- against, on + vlastĭ authority, power; see volost
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