Krai

//kɹaɪ̯// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A region or province in Russia.

    "Organised similarly on a territorial basis, their tasks were formulated as follows: ‘they should know by whom party propaganda is being conducted in the corresponding oblasti and kraia,[…]’"

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"Organised similarly on a territorial basis, their tasks were formulated as follows: ‘they should know by whom party propaganda is being conducted in the corresponding oblasti and kraia,[…]’"

Etymology

From Russian край (kraj, “province, edge”).

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