oblast
/ˈɒblast
/noun
An administrative division or region in Russia and the former Soviet Union, and in some constituent republics of the former Soviet Union.In the 1990s, governors of oblasts (administrative units roughly comparable to states) and presidents of republics acquired significant political autonomy....
- Ukraine has twenty-four administrative units - oblasts - almost all named for their capitals.
- McLure tells us that the Siberian oblast of Tyumen, with 2 percent of Russia's people, yields 65 percent of Russia's oil.
Origin
Russian.
- make one's excuses
- make one's mark
- make (one's) peace
- make one's point
- make one's presence felt
- make one's way
- make or break
- make (or kick up) a row
- make (or lose or spend) money hand over fist
- make (or open) a book
- make (or pull) a face (or faces)
- make (or put in) an appearance
- make out
- makeover
- make play with
- maker
- make ready
- maker's mark
- makerspace
- maker-up
- maker-upper
- make sail
- make sense
- make sense of
- make sheep's eyes at someone