Kraj 1963887 188328453 2008-02-01T06:09:39Z Tae04gu 4941149 {{redirect|Kraj|the radio station in [[Johannesburg, California]]|KRAJ}} 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)] {{Slavic terms for country subdivisions}} [[Category:Geography of the Czech Republic]] [[Category:Regions of Slovakia| ]] [[bg:Край]] [[cs:Kraj]] [[de:Kraj]] [[es:Kraj]] [[eu:Kraj]] [[it:Kraj]] [[nl:Kraj]] [[pt:Kraj]] [[ro:Kraj]] [[sk:Kraj]] [[sv:Kraj]]