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Donbass may sometimes be refer to a larger supranational region also consisting a part of neighbouring Rostovskaya oblast’ in Russia. This is explained by the fact that Donets‘ coal basin geographically extends to that area (also specializing in coal mining), which sometimes called a “Russian Donbass”. But lesser economical and, most of all, sociopolitical significance of that Russian area (compared with the Ukrainian part) leads to gradual abandonment of such generic usage of the Donbass term. Such famous people from …

Donets Basin, also known as Donbass or Donbas (Ukrainian: Донецький басейн, usually abbreviated to Донбас; translit. Donetsky basein or Donbas; Russian: Донецкий бассейн, likewise usually shortened to Донбасс; translit. Donetskiy bassein or Donbass), is a historical, economic and cultural region of Ukraine. It combines two oblasts (provinces) in the east of the country: Donets’ka oblast’ and Luhans’ka oblast’, with the centers in Donetsk and Luhans’k correspondingly. The city of Donetsk is considered the unofficial capital of Donbass. The name of …

Lugansk is a city in southeastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the predominantly Russian-speaking Lugansk Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Luhansky Raion (district) within the oblast.  The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, and is part of the the historic region of Donbass. The current estimated population is around 445,900 (as of 2004). The city traces its history to 1795, when the British industrialist Charles …