English Explanatory Dictionary

autonomous okrug

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In the Soviet Union and Russia, a territorial and administrative division of a krai or oblast, which grants a degree of administrative autonomy to an ethnic minority, usually located in large, remote areas with sparse populations.

Word forms

autonomous okrug autonomous okrugs autonomous okruga

Synonyms

AO

Derived words

Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Evenk Autonomous Okrug Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug Koryak Autonomous Okrug Nenets Autonomous Okrug Taymyr Autonomous Okrug Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
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