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Topographic map of Ukraine, with borders, cities and towns. Ukraine is the second-largest European country, after Russia, and the largest country entirely in Europe. Lying between latitudes 44° and 53° N, and longitudes 22° and 41° E., it is mostly in the East European Plain. Ukraine covers an area of 603,550 square kilometres (233,030 sq ...
- 2022 Russian Invasion
Russian invasion of Ukraine Part of the Russo-Ukrainian War...
- Russian-occupied Territories of Ukraine
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- State Anthem of Ukraine
Reprint edition of the Lviv journal "Meta" of 1863, the...
- History of Ukraine
Prehistoric Ukraine, as a part of the Pontic steppe in...
- Christianity
The history of Christianity in Ukraine dates back to the...
- Russo-Ukrainian War
The Russo-Ukrainian War is an ongoing war between Russia and...
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History. Ukraine's Declaration of Sovereignty, adopted by...
- Coat of Arms
The coat of arms of Ukraine is a blue shield with a golden...
- Corruption
Corruption is an issue in Ukrainian society going back to...
- 2022 Russian Invasion
By December 2022, the Donbas was the site of the fiercest fighting in Ukraine. Russian and Ukrainian forces funneled reinforcements from other fronts to the Bakhmut–Soledar axis while Ukraine's eastern counteroffensive largely stalled along the Lyman–Kreminna–Svatove axis.
- 24 February 2022 – present, (1 year, 7 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)
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Ancient, medieval and imperial Russian periods
The Kurgan hypothesis places the Pontic steppes of Ukraine and southern Russia as the linguistic homeland of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. The Yamnaya cultureis identified with the late Proto-Indo-Europeans. The region has been inhabited for centuries by various nomadic tribes, such as Scythians, Alans, Huns, Bulgars, Pechenegs, Kipchaks, Turco-Mongols, Tatars and Nogais. The region now known as the Donbas was largely unpopulated until the second half of the 17th century, when Don Cossacksestabli...
Russian Civil War and Soviet period
In April 1918 troops loyal to the Ukrainian People's Republic took control of large parts of the region. For a while, its government bodies operated in the Donbas alongside their Russian Provisional Government equivalents. The Ukrainian State, the successor of the Ukrainian People's Republic, was able in May 1918 to bring the region under its control for a short time with the help of its German and Austro-Hungarianallies. During the 1917–22 Russian Civil War, Nestor Makhno, who commanded the...
Nazi occupation
The Donbas was greatly affected by the Second World War. In the lead-up to the war, the region was racked by poverty and food shortages. War preparations resulted in an extension of the working day for factory labourers, whilst those who deviated from the heightened standards were arrested. Nazi Germany's leader Adolf Hitler viewed the resources of the Donbas as critical to Operation Barbarossa. As such, the Donbas suffered under Nazi occupation during 1941 and 1942. Thousands of industrial l...
According to the 2001 census, ethnic Ukrainians form 58% of the population of Luhansk Oblast and 56.9% of Donetsk Oblast. Ethnic Russians form the largest minority, accounting for 39% and 38.2% of the two oblasts respectively. In the present day, the Donbas is a predominately Russophone region. According to the 2001 census, Russian is the main lang...
The Gross regional product of Donbas was ₴335 billion (€10 billion) in 2021. In 2013 (before war) GDP of Donbas was ₴220 billion (€20 billion). The Donbas economy is dominated by heavy industry, such as coal mining and metallurgy. The region takes its name from an abbreviation of the term "Donets Coal Basin" (Ukrainian: Донецький вугільний басейн, ...
Sviatohirsk (Holy Mountain City) is the main religious sanctuary of the region. Near the city is located the Sviatohirsk Lavra. The monastery was restored following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the independence of Ukraine. In 2004 the monastery was granted the status of lavra. In 1997 area around the monastery was turned into the Holy Mo...
"Deconstructing the Donbass", overview of the 2014–2015 conflict, Archived 19 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine midwestdiplomacy.com"The coal-mining racket threatening Ukraine's economy" by BBC NewsBulletin board "Объявления Донбасса", Archived 7 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine donbass.men1 day ago · Our interactive map above depicts recent events, territorial gains and losses, satellite imagery, and the position of Russian troops. It is an attempt to map the reality of war.
Jan 7, 2022 · This map represents a snapshot of current Russian positions, as well as broad estimates of the number of troops and kinds of equipment deployed within striking distance of Ukraine.
Feb 17, 2024 · 1 Avdiivka. Donetsk. 2 Marinka. Zaporizhzhia. Vuhledar. Line of contact. before invasion. Kyiv. UKRAINE. 3 Robotyne. Mariupol. Area. shown. Sea of Azov. 50 miles. Melitopol. Sources: Institute for...
Dec 27, 2022 · Dec. 27, 2022. Combat raged around the city of Kreminna in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as Ukrainian forces edged closer to reclaiming that small but strategically important city while the...
