Answer: oblast

AnswerCrossword Clue
OBLASTUSSR province
OBLASTRussian province
OBLASTSoviet regional representative.
OBLASTSoviet subdivision
OBLASTSubdivision for the Reds
OBLASTKhakass, for one
OBLASTRussia's Rostov, e.g.
OBLASTProvince : Canada :: ... : Russia
OBLASTProvince-like subdivision of Russia
OBLASTSoviet division
oblasta political subdivision of Imperial Russia or a republic of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or of the Russian Federation
oblastan administrative division of Russia
oblastregion; province
oblast(in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province