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There are two official Jewish territories in the world. Being Israel and the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, a federal subject of Russia in the Russian Far East
how many oblasts in russia?
The Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia's only autonomous region and the only "Jewish territory" outside of Israel in the world, is less than 0.2% Jewish and predates Israel by more than 15 years.
What does oblast mean in russian?
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what is an oblast in russia?
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Kaliningrad Oblast, a detached part of Russia which borders Poland
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The Federal Subject of Russia of Kaliningrad Oblast is an exclave in Europe, completely geographically and politically separated from the rest of Russia. "All military and civilian land links between the region and the rest of Russia have to pass through members of NATO and the EU."
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The population of Russia's Jewish Autonomous Oblast is now .2% Jewish.
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The Jewish Autonomous Oblast in Russia, the only official Jewish state other than Israel.
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There is a Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea called Kaliningrad Oblast. It is bordered only by Poland and Lithuania, and was annexed to Russia following Germany's defeat in WWII.
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Russia has a region (i.e. state/province) called the Jewish Autonomous Oblast. 35% of the population deems itself to be "spiritual but not religious", 23% are Russian Orthodox, 22% are atheist. Only 0.2% are Jewish.
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The deepest artificial point on earth is the Kola Superdeep Borehole located in Murmansk Oblast, Russia with a depth of 12,000 meters (40,000 ft).
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There are almost 25,000 ethnic Koreans living in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast.
A far-right group tried to create an ethnic German settlement in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia (former East Prussia) - source
