Vast regions to the north of the Black Sea were sparsely populated and were known as the Wild Fields (as translated from Polish or Ukrainian). In the 15th century, the entire area of the northern coast of the Black Sea came under the control of the Crimean Khanate, which became a vassal of the Ottoman Empire.The Russian Empire gradually gained control over the area in the 18th …

An oblast (/ ˈ ɒ b l æ s t /; also UK: / ˈ ɒ b l ɑː s t /; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): область, Bulgarian: област) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.. Official terms in successor states of the Soviet Union differ ...

The Russian Empire was the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. ... Of these, 11 Governorates, 17 oblasts, and 1 okrug belonged to Asian Russia. Of the rest, 8 Governorates were in Finland and 10 in Congress Poland. European Russia thus embraced 59 governorates and 1 oblast (that of the Don).

Saratov Oblast (Russian: Сара́товская о́бласть, Saratovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Volga Federal District.Its administrative center is the city of Saratov.As of the 2010 Census, its population was 2,521,892.

In 2014, Russia invaded and annexed Crimea, and Russian-backed separatists seized part of the Donbas region of south-eastern Ukraine, consisting of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, sparking a regional war. In 2021, Russia began a large military build-up along its border with Ukraine, amassing up to 190,000 troops and their equipment. In a televised address shortly before the …

Ternopil Oblast is one of two oblasts in West Ukraine that do not have an international border. It is surrounded by five other oblasts of Ukraine: ... 1804-1867: Empire of Austria, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (Austrian Partition ) / Russian Empire: Volyn Governorate (Russian Partition ) 1867 - November 1918: ...

The Kars Oblast was a province of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire between 1878 and 1917. Its capital was the city of Kars, presently in Turkey.The oblast bordered the Ottoman Empire to the west, the Batum Oblast (in 1883–1903 part of the Kutaisi Governorate) to the north, the Tiflis Governorate to the northeast, and the Erivan Governorate to the east.

Primorsky Krai (Russian: Приморский край), informally known as Primorye (Приморье, [prʲɪˈmorʲjɪ]), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of the Far Eastern Federal District.The city of Vladivostok is the administrative center of the krai, and the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Khabarovsk.

The Russian SFSR comprised 16 autonomous republics, 5 autonomous oblasts, 10 autonomous okrugs, 6 krais, and 40 oblasts. [when?] Uyezds and volosts were abolished by the Soviet administrative reform of 1923–1929. Raions may be roughly called a modern equivalent of the uyezds, and selsoviets may be considered a modern equivalent of the volosts.

The name Russia for the Grand Duchy of Moscow began to appear in the late 15th century, and become official in 1547 when the Tsardom of Russia was established. The Grand Duchy of Moscow was one of the successors in part of the territory of medieval Kievan Rus'.Another important starting point was the official end in 1480 of the overlordship of the Tatar Golden …