- this is incredible big edge. There is something to see and visit, where to go and where to relax. IN Donetsk region ferrous metallurgy and coal mining industry are developed, huge amount industrial enterprises different directions.
But there are also many attractions here. For believers, it will undoubtedly be interesting to visit the Trinity Cathedral in Artemovsk, built back in 1746. But besides it, on the territory of the Donetsk region there are nine monasteries, fifteen cathedrals and a huge number of small churches.
For lovers interesting places We recommend visiting museums, exhibitions and original parks. The park of forged figures in Donetsk is very interesting. And of course, you should definitely visit the best stadium in Eastern Europe— Donbass Arena, which is deservedly called the Donetsk diamond. Amazing building It looks even more spectacular at night, flooded with a million lights.
Donetsk region on the world map and on the map of Ukraine
Shown below interactive map Donetsk region from Google. You can move the map left and right, up and down with the mouse, and also change the scale of the map using the “+” and “-” icons, which are located at the bottom right side of the map, or using the mouse wheel. In order to find out where the Donetsk region is located on the world map or on the map of Ukraine, use the same method to reduce the scale of the map even further.
In addition to the map with the names of objects, you can look at the Donetsk region from a satellite if you click on the “Show satellite map” switch in the lower left corner of the map.
Below is another map of the Donetsk region. To see the map in full size, click on it and it will open in a new window. You can also print out the map and take it with you on the road.
You were presented with the most basic and detailed maps of the Donetsk region, which you can always use to search for an object of interest to you or for any other purposes. Have a nice trip!
Donbass is a historically formed region, including northern part Donetsk (with the exception of the Azov region) and southern part Lugansk (with the exception of the northern part - Slobozhanshchina) - (small Donbass). Greater Donbass includes Donetsk and Lugansk regions, as well as parts of Dnepropetrovsk and Rostov regions.
In the 1720s, the Donetsk coal basin was discovered. Its industrial development began with late XIX century. The area is about 60 thousand km^(2). Total reserves to a depth of 1800 m are 140.8 billion tons. There are up to 300 layers in the coal-bearing strata of Carboniferous age; the average thickness of the working seams is 0.6-1.2 m. Coal grades D - T (78%), anthracite (22%). Heat of combustion 21.2-26.1 MJ/kg. The main production centers are Donetsk, Krasnoarmeysk, Makeevka, Lisichansk, Gorlovka, Rovenki, Krasny Luch and others.
Close weave historical development, interests and economy of two regions of Ukraine, Donetsk and Lugansk, led to their informal unification into a common historical, cultural and economic region Donbass.
A large center of the Ukrainian coal industry, ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy.
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Active settlement of the region began after the beginning of the Khmelnytskyi region (1648-1654), when thousands of peasants fled to these lands from the horrors of the war. Right Bank Ukraine. How little the present Kharkov, Lugansk and Donetsk regions were populated at that time can be judged by the fact that the Belgorod district, which occupied huge territory from Kursk to Azov, had in 1620 only 23 settlements with 874 households. The new settlers studied the depths of the Donetsk basin. Since 1625, salt was mined in the area of present-day Slavyansk. “Eager” people from Valuyki, Oskol, Yelets, Kursk and other “outlying” cities of Russia went to the Donetsk steppes to “trade” it.
In 1646, the fort Tor was built to protect against Crimean Tatars, who carried out raids on new settlers and “hunting” people (now Slavyansk). In 1650, private salt works in the fort of Tora began to operate. In 1676 along Seversky Donets"Cherkasy" settled (those who escaped the yoke Polish gentry Ukrainians). In Cossack settlements and towns along the Seversky Donets and the Don, metallurgical, mining and blacksmithing production was established. Izyumskie and Don Cossacks They began to cook salt on the Bakhmutka, a tributary of the Seversky Donets. The town of Bakhmut (known since 1571) grew up near the new salt mines.
The 18th century passed in numerous wars waged by the Russian Empire and Turkey for access to southern seas. Wars led to the gradual settlement of Donbass East Slavic population(peasants from central Russia, Right Bank Ukraine and Slobozhanshchina), as well as immigrants from the Balkans (Serbs and Romanians), the Christian population of Crimea (Greeks and Armenians). This territory from the Russian-Turkish borderland turned into Novorossiya - the southern Russian region.
IN late XVIII the lands in the lower reaches of the Dnieper and the Azov region were divided into provinces. In 1783, the Ekaterinoslav Governorate was formed, in 1803 - the Ekaterinoslav Governorate. In 1887, the Rostov-on-Don district and the Taganrog city government were separated from the Ekaterinoslav province and the province remained as part of 8 districts (Alexandrovsky, Bakhmutsky, Verkhnedneprovsky, Ekaterinoslavsky, Mariupol, Novomoskovsky, Pavlogradsky and Slavyanoserbsky). The lands east of Kalmius belonged to the Don Army Region.
Donetsk region is a region in the southeast of Ukraine. Satellite map Donetsk region shows that the region borders Rostov region Russia, Kharkov, Zaporozhye, Lugansk and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine. In the south the region is washed Sea of Azov. The area of the region is 26,517 square meters. km.
The economy of the Donetsk region is based on the coal industry (Donbass coal basin), ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, mechanical engineering, chemical and coke industries. Largest cities Donetsk region – Donetsk ( administrative center), Mariupol, Artemovsk, Kramatorsk and Makeevka.
Khomutovskaya steppe
Brief history of Donetsk region
In the XI-XIII centuries, the territory of the modern Donetsk region was part of the Polovtsian land. Until 1774, the settlement of the territory was carried out without permission by Russians and Ukrainians. Finally included Russian Empire this territory entered after the end Russian-Turkish War 1735-1739. In 1932, the Donetsk region was created. Modern borders regions were formed in 1938.
Svyatogorsk Holy Dormition Lavra
Sights of Donetsk region
On a detailed satellite map of the Donetsk region you can see the natural attractions of the region: landscape parks“Meotida”, “Donetsk Ridge” and “Kleban-Byk”, reserves “Khomutovskaya Steppe” and “Stone Graves”.
Among natural monuments It is also worth highlighting the Druzhkovka petrified trees, chalk cliffs near the village of Belokuzminovka, the Velikoanadolsky forest and the coast of the Azov Sea.
Salt mine, Soledar
On the territory of the Donetsk region there are numerous religious attractions: the Holy Dormition Nikolo-Vasilievsky Monastery in the village. St. Nicholas, Holy Dormition Lavra and St. Nicholas Church in Svyatogorsk, St. Kasperovsky and St. Iversky convents.
In the Donetsk region it is worth visiting the Saur-Mogila mound, the sparkling wine factory in Artemovsk and salt mine in Soledar.
Donbass - Donetsk coal basin is not the same as Donetsk and Lugansk regions
Has Donbass always been Russian-speaking, who lived there before the Ukrainians, what Donetsk residents google and what records were set by the Donetsk and Luhansk regions last year - in a selection of maps that you can easily get stuck over.
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In fact, Donbass - the Donetsk coal basin - is not the same as the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
The pool is located both in part of the Dnepropetrovsk region and in Russia. The Russian Federation also has its own Donbass and even the city of Donetsk in the Rostov region.
But since we are accustomed to calling exactly two regions of Ukraine Donbass, then in this article we will continue to do so.
North Luhansk region - agricultural region
Historically, Donbass was part Wild Field- poorly populated steppe in the south and east modern Ukraine, parts of Russia and Moldova.
But in ancient times, the Wild Field did not have a clear boundary. Once upon a time, Scythians, Cimmerians, Pechenegs, and Cumans lived here, and other tribes raided these lands. To protect against attacks from the Wild Field, guard posts were created in Rus'.
Few people know that in the past, Donbass, like all of Ukraine, was part of the Mongol Empire.
This state extended from the Danube to the Sea of Japan, from Novogorod to China. To replace Mongol Empire The Golden Horde has arrived.
These lands were even owned by Crimean Khanate, although now they hardly remember this either.
Included Kievan Rus Donbass did not enter, the Slavs appeared there later.
Even in the 17th century there were “deserted places” here - Loka Deserta.
This is how the historian Vasily Lyaskoronsky marked them on his map in 1898.
Donbass was never part of Ukraine? Nonsense.
In the past, it was part of the Liberties of the Zaporozhye Army - lands over which power extended Zaporozhye Sich. And the Sich was saying modern language, autonomy within the Hetmanate.
The yellow dot marks modern Donetsk. Below is the Cossack Domakha, later renamed by the Greeks who moved here from Crimea to Mariupol.
Ukrainians began to populate the Wild Field in the 16-17th century. At this time in place modern city The Kodak fortress appeared on the Dnieper, and the first Cossack battles. Where Donetsk is now, there were Cossack villages of Krutogorovka and Aleksandrovka.
What do you know about Slavyanoserbia?
After Catherine II took these lands from the Cossacks, refugees from Turkey began to settle there: Serbs, Croats, Bulgarians, Montenegrins, Poles and Moldovans. They settled in an area that has since been called Slavyanoserbia. Although the Serbs were a minority there, because villagers from other regions of Ukraine and Russia began to move there - Slavyanoserbia was an autonomy within the Russian Empire for 11 years. The task of the settlers was to protect the borders of the empire. After the abolition of autonomy, Slavyanoserbia was transferred to the Novorossiysk province.
Historical Novorossiya and what is called “Novorossiya” today are different regions.
The Russian administrative-territorial unit of the Novorossiysk Territory was significantly larger than the pseudo-republics in the Donbass and did not even include Donetsk. And almost half of it is the lands of the Zaporozhye Cossacks.
The OUN operated not only in western Ukraine; there were also supporters of the organization in the Donbass.
Arrows indicate OUN marching groups. Full size map.
The language map of 1871 shows that Ukrainian was spoken in modern Donbass.
And according to the 1897 census.
At the end of the 19th century, in the Katerynoslav province, 70% of the population were Ukrainians, in some districts of the Kharkov province - 90-97%. Now these territories are included in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. So no Stalin gave Donbass to Ukraine, this is another Soviet myth.
Although in Donetsk itself in 1917 there were only 13% Ukrainians.
The industrial Donbass suffered less from the Holodomor than other parts of Ukraine.
War
Because of the war, Donetsk entered the top twenty dangerous cities planets.
The number of deaths in the war is comparable to the number of traffic accident victims throughout the country.
Just over 0.5 million migrants from the occupied territory of Ukraine live in the Donetsk region, and almost 300 thousand live in the Lugansk region.
Where were the military personnel killed in the Russian-Ukrainian war born by region?
Economy
A fifth of Ukrainian industry is concentrated in the region.
But Donbass does not actually feed Ukraine.
In 2014, the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, like the majority of the country, transferred less to the state budget than they received from them.
In 2016, Donbass set several records.
The Donetsk region has become a leader in pig rearing, and in Lugansk the level of industrial production has increased 1.6 times.
In 2015, the cost of maintaining the mines exceeded the cost of the army.
There are four regions in Ukraine where coal is mined, and Lugansk is the leader in production.
In 2015, Donetsk and Lugansk regions harvested the same wheat harvest as Serbia.
Society
Residents of Donetsk most often search on Google for the cost of breast augmentation, and in Lugansk - how much a limousine costs.
Donbass has the largest number of convicts - this is no longer the case.
Donetsk was seriously damaged by the Chernobyl accident - it was contaminated with cesium-137 (1986).
Due to the developed, but not innovative industry, the Donetsk region has the dirtiest air.
And in the Lugansk region there is the least housing space and hospitals.
Protesters from Donbass also died on Maidan.
