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The region now known as the Donbas was largely unpopulated until the second half of the 17th century, when Don Cossacks established the first permanent settlements in the region. [ 21 ] The first town in the region was founded in 1676, called Solanoye (now Soledar ), which was built for the profitable business of exploiting newly discovered ...
The war in Donbas, [c] also known as the Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the Donbas region of Ukraine. The war began in April 2014, when a commando unit headed by Russian citizen Igor Girkin seized Sloviansk in Donetsk oblast. [20] [21] [6] [22] The Ukrainian military launched an operation against them.
Alchevsk (Ukrainian: Алчевськ; Russian: Алчевск) is a city and the nominal administrative center of Alchevsk Raion in Luhansk Oblast, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. It is located 45 kilometres (28 miles) from the administrative center of the oblast, Luhansk. Population: 106,062 (2022 estimate). [1] Alchevsk Iron and ...
Historically, the region has been an important part of the Donbas region. From its creation in 1938 until November 1961, it bore the name Stalino Oblast, in honour of Joseph Stalin. As part of the de-Stalinization process, it was renamed after the Donets river, the main artery of Eastern Ukraine.
Situated in the traditionally industrial Donbas region within eastern Ukraine, Soledar is located 18 km (11 mi) from the city of Bakhmut, 40 km (25 mi) from Sloviansk, 78 km (48 mi) from Donetsk, and 580 km (360 mi) from Kyiv. There is a group of lakes on the edge of Soledar, some with a diameter of 100 metres (330 ft).
Donbas separatism is separatist sentiment in the southeast of Ukraine. According to proponents, there is a "common historical, cultural and economic region of Donbas". According to the authors of the concept of the region "is committed to the formation of autonomous and independent states on the territory of Donbas".
Those forced to stay in the region were largely elderly, destitute, or otherwise unable to flee. Schools became greatly diminished, as roughly half of the pre-war population of school-age children had left Donbas. [39] According to an OHCHR report, the number of refugees displaced from Donbas within Ukraine was 466,829 in mid November. [40]
Sloviansk [a] is a city in Donetsk Oblast, northern part of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.The city was known as Tor until 1784. [6] While it did not actually belong to the raion itself, Sloviansk served as the administrative center of the Sloviansk Raion until its abolition on 18 July 2020.