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Vileyka Oblast
Vileyka Region (; ) was a territorial entity in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic created on 4 December 1939 out of the eastern powiats of the Wilno Voivodeship (1923–1939), Wilno Voivodeship after the Soviet annexation of Western Belorussia of (then part of the Kresy Zachodnie region in Poland) into the Byelorussian SSR on 14 November 1939. The administrative centre of the region was the city of Vileyka. Initially the region consisted of Vileyka District, Vileyka, Ashmyany District, Ashmyany, Braslaw District, Braslaw, Dzisna District, Dzisna, Pastavy District, Pastavy, and Švenčionys, Sventiany districts. In January 1940, it consisted of 22 districts: Astravyets District, Astravyets, Ashmyany, Braslaw, Vidzy District, Vidzy, Adutiškis, Gadutsishki, Hlybokaye District, Hlybokaye, Dzisna, Dokshytsy District, Dokshytsy, Dunilavichy District, Dunilavichy, Ilya District, Ilya, Kryvichy District, Kryvichy, Kuraniets District, Kuraniets, Maladzyechna District, Maladzy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblast
An oblast ( or ) is a type of administrative division in Bulgaria and several post-Soviet states, including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Historically, it was used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. The term ''oblast'' is often translated into English language, English as 'region' or 'province'. In some countries, oblasts are also known by cognates of the Russian term. Etymology The term ''oblast'' is Loanword, borrowed from Russian language, Russian область (), where it is inherited from Old East Slavic, in turn borrowed from Church Slavonic область ''oblastĭ'' 'power, empire', formed from the prefix (cognate with Classical Latin ''ob'' 'towards, against' and Ancient Greek ἐπί/ἔπι ''epi'' 'in power, in charge') and the stem ''vlastǐ'' 'power, rule'. In Old East Slavic, it was used alongside ''obolostǐ''—the equivalent of 'against' and 'territory, state, power' (cognate with English 'wield'; see volost). History Russian Empire In the Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |