Yekaterinburg used to be named Sverdlovsk, after the communist revolutionary, Yakov Sverdlov. The oblast that it is in is still called "Sverdlovsk Oblast".
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Oblast
/ˈɒblæst/
Synonyms for "oblast" (36 found)
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The Jewish Autonomous Oblast borders China.
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There aren't many Jews left in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.
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The territorial subdivision below the level of the union republic — or at least below the level of the larger union republics — is that of the oblast, the krai, or the autonomous republic. In 1977 there were 120 oblasts, 6 krais, and 20 autonomous republics, and they corresponded roughly to the American state in size.
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