Donbas
The Donbas or Donbass (UK: /dɒnˈbɑːs/,[1] US: /ˈdɑːnbɑːs, dʌnˈbæs/;[2][3] Ukrainian: Донба́с [donˈbɑs];[4] Russian: Донба́сс) is a historical, cultural, and economic region in south-eastern Ukraine. It includes the Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast.
The word Donbas is a portmanteau word made from Donets Basin, an abbreviation of "Donets Coal Basin".[5]
Donbas Media
A map showing the present-day definition of the Donbas within Ukraine
Map of the historical region of Donbas, within modern-day Ukraine and the Rostov Oblast of Russia
Geology of Ukraine
Bronze Age spread of Yamnaya Steppe pastoralist ancestry
A map of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation in Eurasia, c. 1200
A map of the sparsely populated Wild Fields in the 17th century
A Soviet Russian propaganda poster from 1921 that says "The Donbas is the heart of Russia"
A monument to Don Cossacks in Luhansk. "To the sons of glory and freedom".
During the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election, most people in Donbas voted for Viktor Yanukovych.
A map of the region during the frozen conflict phase of the Donbas war, from the conclusion of the Battle of Debaltseve in 2015 until the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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References
- ↑ "Donbas". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press.
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- ↑ "Donbas". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
- ↑ "Donets Basin – region, Europe". Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- ↑ Dmitry Vortman, Донбасс – единственная часть Украины, возникшая из промышленного региона, June 23, 2018, Radio Liberty (in Russian)
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