Sentence examples for The oblast from inspiring English sources
noun
A region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries.
The oblast is centred on Kursk city.
The oblast has a dry, continental climate, with frequent droughts.
The oblast lies in the basin of the middle Don River, which bisects it north south.
The oblast consists of alternating broad river basins and morainic hills.
The oblast was dissolved in 1926, becoming Karachay autonomous oblast and Cherkess autonomous oblast.
The oblast is named after the Soviet leader Vladimir I. Lenin.
The oblast has spruce, pine, and oak, but much of the forest has been cleared.
The oblast is an important agricultural centre; its chief products are winter rye, spring wheat, corn (maize), oats, and millet.
The oblast lies in the forest-steppe zone, with a natural vegetation of alternating patches of oak forest and grass steppe.
The oblast comprises low, gently rolling hills and swampy lowlands; about 20 percent is in mixed forest of oak, pine, spruce, beech, and hornbeam.
The oblast lies athwart the middle Volga River, which is there transformed into a broad lake by the downstream Samara dam.
