Ukraine is subdivided into 24 regions (oblasti, singular - oblast), 1 autonomous republic (avtomnaya respublika) in the Crimea, and 2 municipalities (mista, singular - misto) with regional status, marked by a *:
... de Veuster (Father Damien) (January 3, 1840 - April 15, 1888) was a Roman Catholic priest who dedicated his life to ministering to the sufferers of Hansen' ...