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Eastern, mostly Russian-speaking part of Ukraine
Photo: Konstantin Brizhnichenko, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Includes the major cities of Donetsk and Mariupol in the southeast near the Sea of Azov.
Former site of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) and the easternmost oblast in Ukraine.
Surrounding the city of Dnipro on the Dnieper River.
On the southern side of the country, between the Dnieper River and the Sea of Azov.
Surrounding the major city of Kharkiv, near the border with Russia.
Dnipro (Ukrainian: Дніпро, also transliterated Dnepr from Russian: Днепр), until May 2016 known as Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian: Дніпропетро́вськ) or Dnepropetrovsk (Russian: Днепропетровск), is a major industrial city in Eastern Ukraine. It is named after the Dnieper River (known in Ukraine as the Dnipro River) than runs through it.
former capital of Donetsk Oblast, primarily known for its plant for the production of sparkling wine bottles the classic way
Berdyansk (Бердя́нськ, Бердя́нск) is in Pryazovia, Eastern Ukraine. It is a spa therapy resort.
Kharkiv (Ukrainian: Харків, also transliterated Kharkov from Russian: Харьков) is a major city in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine and is the second largest city in Ukraine with a population of over 1.5 million inhabitants. The city is in the northeast of the Ukraine.
Kryvyi Rih (Ukrainian: Кривий Ріг, also transliterated Krivoy Rog from Russian: Кривой Рог), is an industrial city of 660,000 people in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. Its principal industry is steel manufacturing.
former capital of Luhansk Oblast
Mariupol (Ukrainian: Маріу́поль, Russian: Мариу́поль) is a city in southeastern Ukraine on the north coast of the Sea of Azov, and at the mouth of the Kalmius. With a population of 432,000 in 2021, it was the tenth largest city in Ukraine before the Russian invasion of 2022, and the second largest in the Donetsk Oblast.
a base for visiting the coast
Articles and travel topics about Eastern Ukraine and Ukraine.
Travel tipsThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (СССР)), or Soviet Union, emerged as the successor state to the Russian Empire in 1917, and was dissolved in 1991.
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Nature & adventureThe national parks in Ukraine feature the many pristine landscapes that Ukraine has to offer. National parks constitute about 11,116 km2 (4,292 sq mi) of Ukraine.
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Culture & historyThe Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine is a world heritage site made up of 16 wooden churches in these countries.
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Culture & historyThe Holocaust was a campaign of deportation, forced labour and mass murder during World War II, carried out by Germany's Nazi regime and several other Axis states.
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