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{{Short description|Federal divisions of Russia}} {{Distinguish|Kraj}} {{Other uses|KRAI (disambiguation){{!}}KRAI}} {{Other uses|Kray (disambiguation){{!}}Kray}} A '''krai''' or '''kray'''{{efn|{{IPAc-en|lang|k|r|aɪ}} {{respell|KRY}}; {{langx|ru|край}} {{IPA|ru|kraj|}}, {{small|{{abbr|pl.|plural}}}} {{lang|ru|края}} ''kráya'' {{IPA|ru|ˈkrajə|}}}} is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR.

Etymologically, the word is related to the verb {{lang|ru|кроить}} ({{translit|ru|kroítǐ}} {{IPA|ru|krɐˈitʲ|}}), meaning 'to cut'.<ref>[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] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120527041949/http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=/usr/local/share/starling/morpho&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 |date=May 27, 2012 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> Historically, krais were vast territories located along the periphery of the Russian state, since the word ''krai'' also means 'border' or 'edge', i.e., 'a place of the cut-off'. In English the term is often translated as 'territory'. {{As of | 2015}}, the administrative usage of the term is mostly traditional, as some oblasts also fit this description and there is no difference in constitutional legal status in Russia between the krais and the oblasts.<ref> {{Cite Russian law|ru_date=12 декабря 1993 г |ru_title=Конституция Российской Федерации. Статья 5. |ru_amendment_type=Федерального конституционного закона |ru_amendment_number=5-ФКЗ |ru_amendment_date=21 июля 2007 г |en_date=December 12, 1993 |en_title=Constitution of the Russian Federation. Article 5. |en_amendment_type=Federal Constitutional Law |en_amendment_number=5-FKZ |en_amendment_date=July 21, 2007 }} </ref>

==See also== * Krais of the Russian Empire * Krais of Russia * Governorate-General – a general term for Krais, Oblasts, and special city municipalities in the Russian Empire *Oblast ;Foreign terms with similar designation *Kraj – an equivalent term used in the Czech Republic and Slovakia *Krajina *Marches *Name of Ukraine

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Category:Types of administrative division Category:Political divisions of Russia Category:Russian-language designations of territorial entities