autonomous okrug

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autonomous okrug

noun autonomous okrugs · autonomous okruga

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. The largest Republic by far, the RSFSR, thus contains within its boundaries no less than sixteen Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, five Autonomous oblasti (Regions) and ten Autonomous okruga (Districts), while the other SSRs include four additional A SSRs and five further Autonomous Regions.
Similar: AO

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noun a territorial and administrative division — see also AO

中文	自治區 /自治区 zìzhìqū
Русский	автоно́мный о́круг avtonómnyj ókrug

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@misc{autonomous_okrug_2026,
  title = {autonomous okrug},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/autonomous%20okrug},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}