In 1922, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was divided into 33 administrative divisions called oblasts.

What does the Russian word Oblast mean?

: a political subdivision of Imperial Russia or a republic of the U.S.S.R. or of Russia.

What does Oblast mean in Ukraine?

An oblast (Ukrainian: область), in English referred to as a region, refers to one of Ukraine's 24 primary administrative units. Ukraine is a unitary state, thus the regions do not have much legal scope of competence other than that which is established in the Ukrainian Constitution and by law.