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krai en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɹaɪ̯/

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian край (kraj, “province, edge”).

Meanings

1. (qualifier:administrative division) A region or province in Russia.
   • For example, in 1937 there were 11 union republics, 39 oblasti and kraia, 22 autonomous republics, 52 autonomous regions and okrugs, 3307 districts and 62,484 village soviets (Davies et al. 2003, xviii). 2017, Roland Boer, “From Creative Naming to Cultural Revolution”, in Stalin: From Theology to the Philosophy of Socialism in Power, Singapore: Springer, →ISBN, chapter 6 (Towards a Theory of the Socialist State), section 2 (Affirmative Action), footnote 44, page 163:
   • The heads of the newly established kraia within the RSFSR were in a rather privileged position. Nikolai Eizmont, party secretary in what would become North Caucasus Krai, laid claim to about 15,000 square versta (17,000 square kilometers) with approximately 600,000 inhabitants in eastern Ukraine. 2025 April 15, Stephan Rindlisbacher, “Ukraine and the RSFSR: How to Find a Common Border”, in Borders in Red: Managing Diversity in the Early Soviet Union (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies), Ithaca, N.Y.: Northern Illinois University Press, →ISBN, pages 68–69:
   • Organised similarly on a territorial basis, their tasks were formulated as follows: ‘they should know by whom party propaganda is being conducted in the corresponding oblasti and kraia,[…]’ 1996, Bohdan Harasymiw, “Republic and CC CPSU Apparatchiki”, in Soviet Communist Party Officials: A Study in Organizational Roles and Change, Commack, N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers, →ISBN, page 198:

Forms

Relateds

oblast · Ukraine

Translations (28)

pl kraj (a region or province in Russia) · hu határterület (a region or province in Russia) · fr kraï (a region or province in Russia) · ja クライ (a region or province in Russia) · kk өлке (a region or province in Russia) · be край (a region or province in Russia) · tt өлкә (a region or province in Russia) · ru край (a region or province in Russia) · uk край (a region or province in Russia) · ro kraină (a region or province in Russia) · es krai (a region or province in Russia) · sh кра̑ј (a region or province in Russia) · cmn 邊疆區 /边疆区 (a region or province in Russia) · cs kraj (a region or province in Russia) · bn ক্রাই (a region or province in Russia) · fi aluepiiri (a region or province in Russia) · hi क्राय (a region or province in Russia) · sl kraj (a region or province in Russia) · pt krai (a region or province in Russia) · alt кырай (a region or province in Russia) · mk крај (a region or province in Russia) · el κράι (a region or province in Russia) · sh krȃj (a region or province in Russia) · tr kray (a region or province in Russia) · bg край (a region or province in Russia) · sk kraj (a region or province in Russia) · ko 크라이 (a region or province in Russia) · sah кыраай (a region or province in Russia)