history of the oblast and the kray

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Last night, I wrote:

> David E. Crawford wrote [under a different subject line]:
>
> > On another subject, can anyone point me to a reference that explains why
> > in Russia there are (still) both oblasts and krays and what their
> > historical and present differences are?  The web wasn't much help on
> > this one.  Tnx.
>
> Here's a good place to start: ╚Изменение административно-
> территориального деления России за последние 300 лет╩. С.А.ТАРХОВ.
> ("Izmeneniye administrativno-territorial'nogo deleniya Rossii
> za posledniye 300 let." S. A. Tarkhov)
>
> The editors of Geografiya apparently don't believe in linking the
> author's pages to one another, so here's the secret: The material begins
> in issue 15 at <http://geo.1september.ru/2001/15/contents15.htm>, and
> then continues in issue 21 at
> <http://geo.1september.ru/2001/15/contents15.htm>.

Of course, I meant to say:
        and then continues in issue 21 at
        <http://geo.1september.ru/newspaper.php?year=2001&num=21>.

Sorry.

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Paul B. Gallagher
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