Krai (Russian: край; British English transliteration: kray), is a term used to refer to several of Russia's 89 administrative regions (federal subjects). Since the word krai also means border or end, it is used for regions located along the economic and geographic periphery. There exist many possible systems for transliterating the Cyrillic alphabet of the Russian language to English or the Latin alphabet. ... Russia is a federation which consists of 89 subjects (Russian: субъект(ы); English transliteration: subyekty, sing. ...

For lack of other English expressions, the term is often translated as region, territory, or province, although it actually approximately means "(part of) country", "(part of) countryside", "county".

Krais, oblasts, and republics have equal constitutional status within Russian Federation. Some krais are so enormous that they are larger than many European countries. An oblast (Russian, Ukrainian: о́бласть) is a subnational entity of Bulgaria, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the now-defunct Soviet Union, approximately equivalent to a province. ... In a broad definition a republic is a state or country that is led by people who do not base their political power on any principle beyond the control of the people living in that state or country. ...

A krai is subdivided into districts (raions) (Russian: районы). See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ... See rayon for the textile made of processed cellulose. ...

For details see Krais of Russia and Krais of Imperial Russia. The Russian Federation is divided into 89 subjects (administrative units), 6 of which are krais: Altai Krai Khabarovsk Krai Krasnodar Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai Primorsky Krai Stavropol Krai See also Republics of Russia Oblasts of Russia Autonomous Districts of Russia Autonomous Oblasts of Russia Federal cities of Russia Categories: Krais of... Imperial Russia included the following subdivisions known as Krais. ...

See also

• Kraj (equivalent term used in the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
• Krajina