English

Noun

autonomous okrug ‎(plural autonomous okrugs)

1. 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

Synonyms

• AO

Derived terms

• Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
• Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
• Evenk Autonomous Okrug
• Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
• Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug
• Koryak Autonomous Okrug
• Nenets Autonomous Okrug
• Taymyr Autonomous Okrug
• Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug
• Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

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