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A krai (Russian: край, tr. kray, IPA: [kraj], lit. 'region, edge') is a type of federal subject of the Russian Federation. The country is divided into 85 federal subjects, of which nine are krais. [2] Oblasts, another type of federal subject, are legally identical to krais and the difference between a political entity with the name "krai ...
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A krai or kray (/ k r aɪ /; Russian: край, plural: края́, kraya) is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR. Etymologically, the word is related to the verb "кроить" (kroit'), "to cut".
- The Roots of Ukrainian Identity; Divisions and Shifting Allegiances
- The Ukrainians Under Multiple Empires
- The Post-Russian Revolution Period
- Growing Tensions
In the early 1600s, Ukraine was a group of provinces under the control of Poland. Religious friction was inevitable: Poland was primarily Catholic, while the people in the region of Ukraine were primarily Orthodox. In 1648, a revolt led by the Ukrainian Cossacks broke part of the Ukrainian lands away from Poland. “Until 1654, Ukrainians and Russian...
Ukraine became a region divided by competing empires. The western provinces, initially under Polish dominion, were later governed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. By the mid-19th century, the bulk of Ukrainian territory operated under Russian rule. That rule could be harsh, and a sense of grievance began to foster a Ukrainian national identity. The ...
The breakdown of the Tsarist empire and the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 proved to be a key turning point for Ukraine. Ukraine declared independence in 1918 and maintained that status until 1921, Motyl said. Even so, it was a tumultuous period, with the government in Kyiv changing hands five times in 1919 alone. The Bolsheviks took advantage of the...
After a period in which Ukrainian language and culture were supported in the 1920s, the Soviet state under Stalin took on a more centralized and Russian tone, accompanied by greater repression. The longer Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, the more its antagonism toward Russia grew. Ukrainians shared a sense of victimhood at the hands of both th...
A krai (Russian: край, tr. kray, IPA: , lit. edge) is a type of federal subject of Russia. Of the 85 federal subjects of Russia, 9 are krais. Krais legally have the same power as oblasts. The difference between the two is simply traditional. Both krai and oblast have similar general meaning ("region" or "area").
Krasnoyarsk Krai (Russian: Красноя́рский край, romanized: Krasnoyarskiy kray, IPA: [krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj]) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) located in Siberia. Its administrative center is the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siberia, after Novosibirsk and Omsk.
Primorsky Krai is located in the southern far east, in the south-eastern part of Russia. In the north it borders with Khabarovsk Krai, in the west with the Chinese Provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang, in the south-west with North Korea ( Special City of Rason) and at the south-east with the Sea of Japan.
Aug 22, 2019 · R. August 22, 2019 Topic: Security Region: Eurasia Tags: Russia North Korea Primorsky Krai Fishing Sanctions. The Politics of Russia's Primorsky Krai. Sitting nearly four thousand miles...
