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        "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment" : [ "An oblast is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine, and the now-defunct Soviet Union and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The term is analogous to \"state\" or \"province\".Official terms in successor states of the Soviet Union differ, but some still use a cognate of the Russian term, e.g."] } } }
