. . "The Kuban Oblast (Russian: \u041A\u0443\u0431\u0430\u0301\u043D\u0441\u043A\u0430\u044F \u043E\u0301\u0431\u043B\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044C Kubanskaja oblast\u2032; Ukrainian: \u041A\u0443\u0431\u0430\u043D\u0441\u044C\u043A\u0430 \u043E\u0431\u043B\u0430\u0441\u0442\u044C Kubans\u2032ka oblast\u2032) was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of the Kuban and Circassia regions. It was created in 1860 out of Kuban Cossack territories that had once been part of the Crimean Khanate and the land of the Circassians."@en .