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A '''kraj''' (plural: ''kraje'') is the highest-level administrative unit in the [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], and historically in [[Czechoslovakia]].
For lack of other English expressions, the term is often translated as '''[[region]]''', [[territory (country subdivision)|territory]], or [[province]], although it actually approximately means "(part of) country", "(part of) countryside", "[[county]]", "[[shire]]".
A kraj is subdivided into [[okres]]y ([[district]]s).
The first "kraje" were created in [[1949]] in [[Czechoslovakia]] and still exist today (except for the early 1990's) despite many rearrangements.
==See also==
*[[Krai]] (in Russia)
*[[Districts of Slovakia]] ([[okres]])
*[[Regions of Slovakia]] ([[kraj]])
*[[Districts of Serbia]]([[Okruzi]])
*[[Regions of Serbia]] ([[pokrajine]])
*[[Districts of the Czech Republic]] ([[okres]])
*[[Regions of the Czech Republic]] ([[kraj]])
==External links==
*[http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Fshare%2Fstarling%2Fmorpho&morpho=1&basename=%5Cusr%5Clocal%5Cshare%5Cstarling%5Cmorpho%5Cvasmer%5Cvasmer&first=1&text_word=%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9&method_word=substring&text_general=&method_general=substring&text_origin=&method_origin=substring&text_trubachev=&method_trubachev=substring&text_editorial=&method_editorial=substring&text_pages=&method_pages=substring&text_any=&method_any=substring&sort=word etymology of the word (in Russian)]
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