autonomous oblast

Noun

 * 1) One of the administrative divisions of the former Soviet Union created for certain “smaller” nations and characterized by following features: they were given an autonomy within a  or, in the RSFSR, within a krai; had a status lower than an ; had a different  from that of their union republic/krai. Abbreviated as AO.
 * 2) * 1989, Daily report: Soviet Union, Issues 181-186, p. 75
 * Unlike the Armenians in the NKAO they are deprived even of those opportunities represented by autonomous oblast status.
 * 1) * 1992, Draft Constitution of the Russian Federation, Article 81
 * The autonomous oblast has the rights and bears the obligations of a kray and oblast. The legal status of the autonomous oblast is determined by federal law enacted by the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet in accordance with a representation of the autonomous oblast.
 * The autonomous oblast has the rights and bears the obligations of a kray and oblast. The legal status of the autonomous oblast is determined by federal law enacted by the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet in accordance with a representation of the autonomous oblast.

Usage notes
Currently there is only one autonomous oblast surviving in Russia, the.

Translations

 * Armenian: ինքնավար մարզ
 * Azerbaijani: muxtar vilayət
 * Belarusian: аўтано́мная во́бласць
 * Bulgarian: автоно́мна о́бласт
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: autonominen alue
 * Georgian: ავტონომიური ოლქი
 * Hungarian: autonóm terület, autonóm körzet, autonóm régió
 * Japanese: 自治州
 * Korean: 자치주(自治州)
 * Macedonian: автономна област
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: өөртөө засах муж
 * Polish: obwód autonomiczny
 * Romanian: regiune autonomă
 * Cyrillic: реӂиуне аутономэ
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: а̀утоно̄мна о̏бла̄ст
 * Roman: àutonōmna ȍblāst
 * Ukrainian: автоно́мна о́бласть
 * Uyghur: ئاپتونوم رايونى
 * Yiddish: אַווטאָנאָמע געגנט