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autonomous oblast

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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 union republic or, in the RSFSR, within a krai; had a status lower than an autonomous republic; had a different titular nation from that of their union republic/krai. Abbreviated as AO.

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  • Armenian: ինքնավար մարզ (inkʻnavar marz) — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Azerbaijani: muxtar vilayət — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Belarusian: аўтано́мная во́бласць (awtanómnaja vóblascʹ) — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Bulgarian: автоно́мна о́бласт (avtonómna óblast) — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自治州 (zìzhìzhōu) — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Finnish: autonominen alue — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Georgian: ავტონომიური ოლქი (avṭonomiuri olki) — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Hungarian: autonóm terület — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Hungarian: autonóm körzet — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Hungarian: autonóm régió — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Japanese: 自治州 (jichishū) — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Korean: 자치주 (jachiju) — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Macedonian: автономна област — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Mongolian: өөртөө засах муж (öörtöö zasax muž) — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Polish: obwód autonomiczny — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Romanian: regiune autonomă — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Romanian: реӂиуне аутономэ (regiune autonomă) — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Russian: автоно́мная о́бласть (avtonómnaja óblastʹ) — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Russian: АО́ (AÓ) — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Serbo-Croatian: а̀утоно̄мна о̏бла̄ст — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Serbo-Croatian: àutonōmna ȍblāst — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Ukrainian: автоно́мна о́бласть (avtonómna óblastʹ) — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Uyghur: ئاپتونوم رايونى (aptonom rayoni) — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO
  • Yiddish: אַווטאָנאָמע געגנט (avtonome gegnt) — autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO