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{{about||the modern subdivision of Ukraine|Administrative divisions of Ukraine|a modern political party in Ukraine and its parliamentary faction called "Regions of Ukraine"|Party of Regions}} {{Short description|List of historical regions in Ukraine}}
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A list of the various '''regions of ]''' and/or inhabited by ] and their ancestors throughout history. This is a list of historical regions in present-day ].


==Main historical regions== ==Main historical regions==
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| style="width:5em;" | ] | style="width:5em;" | Black Sea Littoral
| style="width:25em;" | Carpathian region beyond the main Carpathian ridge (west of the ridge). Other names: Carpathian Ruthenia, Carpathian Ukraine, Carpatho-Ukraine, Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia, Sub-Carpathia, Zakarpattia. | style="width:25em;" | Other names: ], Ochakov Oblast, Khanschyna, ].
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| style="width:25em;" | name originated from Turkish, meaning "borderland”
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⚫ | style="width:25em;" | Other names: ] Land.
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⚫ | style="width:25em;" | Other names: Donechchyna
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| style="width:25em;" | Other names: Galicia, Cis–Carpathian (east of the ridge). | style="width:25em;" | Other names: Galicia, Cis–Carpathian (east of the ridge).
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⚫ | style="width:25em;" | Other names: Volyn, ].
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⚫ | style="width:25em;" | Podolia means "Lower Land".
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| style="width:5em;" | ] | style="width:5em;" | ]
| style="width:25em;" | Other names: Duchy of Ruthenia, Ruthenia proper. | style="width:25em;" | Other names: Duchy of Ruthenia, Ruthenia proper.
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| style="width:5em;" | ]<ref>Русина О. В. // ]: у 10 т. / редкол.: ] (голова) та ін. ; ]</ref> | style="width:5em;" | ]<ref>Русина О. В. // ]: у 10 т. / редкол.: ] (голова) та ін.; ]</ref>
| style="width:25em;" | Other names: Chernihiv land, Chernihiv-Siveria. | style="width:25em;" | Other names: Chernihiv land, Chernihiv-Siveria.
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⚫ | style="width:25em;" | Podolia means "Lower Land".
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| style="width:5em;" | ] | style="width:5em;" | ]
| style="width:25em;" | Other names: Land of Cumans. | style="width:25em;" | Now ]
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| style="width:1em;" | | style="width:1em; center" | ]
| style="width:5em;" | Black Sea Littoral | style="width:5em;" | ]
| style="width:25em;" | Carpathian region beyond the main Carpathian ridge (west of the ridge). Other names: Carpathian Ruthenia, Carpathian Ukraine, Carpatho-Ukraine, Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia, Sub-Carpathia, Trans-Carpathian Ukraine, Zakarpattia.
| style="width:25em;" | Other names: ], Ochakov Oblast.
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| style="width:5em;" | Tavria | style="width:5em;" | ]
| style="width:25em;" | Other names: Taurida. | style="width:25em;" | Other names: Vladimir, Volyn, ].
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⚫ | style="width:25em;" | Other names: ] Land.
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== Traditional regions == == Traditional regions ==
The traditional names of the regions of Ukraine are important geographic, historical, and ethnographic identifiers. The traditional names of the regions of Ukraine are important geographic, historical, and ethnographic identifiers.
* ] ] Ukraine, ] * ] ] Ukraine, ]
** ] Land of Kyiv ** ] Land of Kyiv
*** ] (east of Zhytomyr Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast), Central Ukraine *** ] (east of Zhytomyr Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast), Central Ukraine
*** ], Land of Turov (north of Kyiv Oblast, east of Brest Oblast, west of Gomel Oblast), Northern Ukraine *** ], Land of Turov (north of Kyiv Oblast, east of Brest Oblast, west of Gomel Oblast), Northern Ukraine
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** ] (Sumy Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast) ** ] (Sumy Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast)
** ] (mostly Kharkiv Oblast) ** ] (mostly Kharkiv Oblast)
* ] Ruthenia, Kingdom of Rus, Western Ukraine, Western Oblast, Liitle Poland * ] Ruthenia, Kingdom of Rus, Western Ukraine, Western Oblast, Lesser Poland
** ] ] (Volyn Oblast, Rivne Oblast, west of Zhytomyr Oblast, north of Ternopil Oblast, north of Khmelnytsky Oblast), former principality ** ] ] (Volyn Oblast, Rivne Oblast, west of Zhytomyr Oblast, north of Ternopil Oblast, north of Khmelnytsky Oblast), former principality
** ], ], ], ] (east of Podkarpackie Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship), former principality and a constituent land of Ruthenia ** ], ], ], ] (east of Podkarpackie Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship), former principality and a constituent land of Ruthenia
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*** ] (]s and ]s, collectively ]) *** ] (]s and ]s, collectively ])
*** ] (]s) *** ] (]s)
* ] ] (Khmelnytsky Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, north of Odessa Oblast, west of Kirovohrad Oblast), Little Poland * ] ] (Khmelnytsky Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, north of Odesa Oblast, west of Kirovohrad Oblast), Lesser Poland
* ] ] (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, east of Kirovohrad Oblast), New Serbia, Central Ukraine * ] ] (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, east of Kirovohrad Oblast), ], Central Ukraine
* Pontic steppe, Wild Fields, New Russia * Pontic steppe, Wild Fields, New Russia
** ] ("Donets Basin") (Donetsk Oblast, Luhanks Oblast), also known as Cuman Land, Slavo-Serbia, Eastern Ukraine ** ] ("Donets Basin") (Donetsk Oblast, Luhanks Oblast), also known as Cuman Land, ], Eastern Ukraine
** Azov Littoral (Zaporizhzhia Oblast, south of Donetsk Oblast, southwest of Rostov Oblast) ** Azov Littoral (Zaporizhzhia Oblast, south of Donetsk Oblast, southwest of Rostov Oblast)
** ], Southern Ukraine ** ], Southern Ukraine
*** Over-Buh, Yedisan, Transnistria (Odessa Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast) *** Over-Buh, Yedisan, Transnistria (Odesa Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast)
*** ] (Budzhak) (southwest of Odessa Oblast) *** ] (Budzhak) (southwest of Odesa Oblast)
*** Tavria (Kherson Oblast) *** Tavria (Kherson Oblast)
* ] (''Krym''), also known as Tavria, Taurida * ] (''Krym''), also known as Tavria, Taurida
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* Northern ] (Chernivtsi Oblast) * Northern ] (Chernivtsi Oblast)


==Contemporary regions==
Regions historically inhabited by Ukrainians (mostly with other nations), which are partly or wholly outside modern Ukraine:
]}}{{legend|RoyalBlue|Blue – ]}}{{legend|CornflowerBlue|Light blue – ]}}{{legend|Orange|Orange – ]}}<br />Sometimes, more southern oblasts can be referred to as "Eastern Ukraine".]]
* ] granted to Black Sea Cossacks colonization from the Russian government during the Russian-Circassian War
* ] (also called ])
* ] (around Saratov, called ])
* ] (city of Omsk, ])
* ] (see ])
{{further|Ukrainian diaspora}}


⚫ Geopolitical, historical, and cultural factors play a role in assigning different areas of Ukraine to semi-official regions. The map on the right shows the approximate locations of some broad-brush regions. The terms "Central Ukraine", "Eastern Ukraine", "Southern Ukraine", and "Western Ukraine" occur in common usage. There is no clear definition of the boundaries of such regions, but rather a general reference. Lists of what may constitute such regions might include:
==Regions of Ukraine==
]}}{{legend|Yellow|Yellow - ]}}{{legend|Blue|Blue - ]}}]]


⚫ * ], a more vague term, often denotes what is not included in Western or South-Eastern definitions.
⚫ Geopolitical, historical, and cultural factors play a role in assigning different areas of Ukraine to semi-official regions. The map on the right shows the approximate locations of some broad-brush regions. The terms "West Ukraine", "East Ukraine", "South Ukraine" and "Central Ukraine" occur in common usage. There is no clear definition of the boundaries of such regions, but rather a general reference. Lists of what may constitute such regions might include:
⚫ * ] may mean either the Don basin, Sloboda Ukraine, continental Taurida regions etc.
⚫ * ] often includes the whole Taurida, the Kryvyi Rih basin, and the regions of Mykolayiv and Odesa oblasts. Alternatively it may include the Don basin, in particularly the adjacent land to the Azov Sea.
⚫ * ] may mean either the historic region of Galicia, or may also include Volhynia, Podolia, Transcarpathia, and/or Bukovina.


⚫ Other terms are rarely used – such as "South-western Ukraine", which can denote either ], or ]. Sometimes the term "South-eastern Ukraine" is used to define both regions of the Southern and Eastern Ukraine. Due to the shape of the country, in narrow definition, term "Northern Ukraine" is often used to denote either the bulge of ]/] oblasts or, in broader terms, the whole of ]. "North-western Ukraine" almost exclusively refers to the historic region of ]. This makes the term "North-eastern Ukraine" rarest of them all – it is either used as synonym for the narrow definition of Northern Ukraine, or as synonym for Sloboda Ukraine (particularly ]).
⚫ *] may mean either the historic region of Galicia, or may also include Volhynia, Podolia, Transcarpathia, and/or Bukovina.
⚫ *] may mean either the Don basin, Sloboda Ukraine, continental Taurida regions etc.
⚫ *] often includes the whole Taurida, the Kryvyi Rih basin, and the regions of Mykolayiv and Odessa oblasts. Alternatively it may include the Don basin, in particularly the adjacent land to the Azov Sea.
⚫ *], a more vague term, often denotes what is not included in Western or South-Eastern definitions.

⚫ Other terms are rarely used - such as "South-West Ukraine", which can denote either ], or ]. Sometimes the term "South-Eastern Ukraine" is used to define both regions of the Southern and Eastern Ukraine. Due to the shape of the country, in narrow definition, term "Northern Ukraine" is often used to denote either the bulge of ]/]s or, in broader terms, the whole of ]. "North-western Ukraine" almost exclusively refers to the historic region of ]. This makes the term "North-Eastern Ukraine" rarest of them all - it is either used as synonym for the narrow definition of Northern Ukraine, or as synonym for Sloboda Ukraine (particularly the ]).


<gallery> <gallery>
Image:Western Ukr.png|Western Ukraine File:Central Ukr.png|Central Ukraine
Image:Eastern Ukr.png|Eastern Ukraine File:Eastern Ukr.png|Eastern Ukraine
Image:Central Ukr.png|Central Ukraine File:Northern Ukr.png|Northern Ukraine
Image:Southern Ukr.png|Southern Ukraine File:Southern Ukr.png|Southern Ukraine
Image:Northern Ukr.png|Northern Ukraine File:Western Ukr.png|Western Ukraine
Image:Ukraine-Historical regions.png|The historical regions
</gallery> </gallery>


== Historical Ukrainian states == == Historical states ==
{{main |History of Ukraine}} {{main |History of Ukraine}}


* ] (a state of ], (880s–1240) * ] (a state of ]), (879–1240)
* ] (1199–1349) * ] (1199–1349)
* ] (1649–1764) * ] (1649–1764)
* ] of the ] (1917–1918) * ] of the ] (1917–1918)
* ] (1917–1918)
⚫ * ] (1918)
* ] (1918)
* ] (1918)
* ] (1918) * ] (1918)
* ] (1918–1919) * ] (1918–1919)
* ] (1919-1922)
* ] of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1918–1920) * ] of the Ukrainian People's Republic (1918–1920)
⚫ * ] (1920)
* ] (1919–1991) * ] (1919–1991)
* ] (1920)
* ] (1939) * ] (1938–1939)
* ] (1941)
* ] (1941-1944)
* ] (1991–present)


==See also== ==See also==
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* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ] * ]


== References == == References ==
{{Reflist}}
* Paul Robert Magosci, ''Ukraine: A Historical Atlas'', 1985. ] Press, Toronto. {{ISBN|0-8020-3428-4}} * Paul Robert Magosci, ''Ukraine: A Historical Atlas'', 1985. ] Press, Toronto. {{ISBN|0-8020-3428-4}}
{{Ukraine topics}} {{Ukraine topics}}

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List of historical regions in Ukraine For the modern subdivision of Ukraine, see Administrative divisions of Ukraine. For a modern political party in Ukraine and its parliamentary faction called "Regions of Ukraine", see Party of Regions.
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Traditional regions

This is a list of historical regions in present-day Ukraine.

Main historical regions

Coat of arms Name Description
Black Sea Littoral Other names: Yedisan, Ochakov Oblast, Khanschyna, Ottoman Ukraine.
Coat of arms of Budjack, reconstructed from Danube Mouth Bugeac Cossack army seal Budjak name originated from Turkish, meaning "borderland”
Coat of arms of Bucovina Bukovyna Other names: Shypyntsi Land.
Coat of arms of Donechchyna from emigration Donbas Other names: Donechchyna
Coat of arms of Halychyna Halychyna Other names: Galicia, Cis–Carpathian (east of the ridge).
Coat of arms of land of Kyiv Kyiv land Other names: Duchy of Ruthenia, Ruthenia proper.
Coat of arms of land of Chernihiv Siveria Other names: Chernihiv land, Chernihiv-Siveria.
Coat of arms of Podillia Podolia Podolia means "Lower Land".
Coat of arms of Sloboda Ukraine Sloboda Ukraine
Taurida Now Crimea
Coat of arms of Carpathian Trans–
Carpathia 		Carpathian region beyond the main Carpathian ridge (west of the ridge). Other names: Carpathian Ruthenia, Carpathian Ukraine, Carpatho-Ukraine, Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia, Sub-Carpathia, Trans-Carpathian Ukraine, Zakarpattia.
Coat of arms of Volhynia Volhynia Other names: Vladimir, Volyn, Lodomeria.
Coat of arms of Zaporizhian Sich Zaporizhian Sich

Traditional regions

The traditional names of the regions of Ukraine are important geographic, historical, and ethnographic identifiers.

  • Over-Dnieper Ukraine, Great Ukraine
    • Land of Kyiv
      • Right-bank Ukraine (east of Zhytomyr Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast), Central Ukraine
      • Polesia, Land of Turov (north of Kyiv Oblast, east of Brest Oblast, west of Gomel Oblast), Northern Ukraine
    • Land of Pereyaslav (predominantly Poltava Oblast and east of Kyiv Oblast), southern part of Left-bank Ukraine, Little Russia, Central Ukraine
    • Land of Chernihiv (predominantly Chernihiv Oblast, west of Bryansk Oblast, east of Gomel Oblast), northern part of Left-bank Ukraine, Little Russia, Northern Ukraine
    • Severia (Sumy Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast)
    • Sloboda Ukraine (mostly Kharkiv Oblast)
  • Ruthenia, Kingdom of Rus, Western Ukraine, Western Oblast, Lesser Poland
    • Volhynia (Volyn Oblast, Rivne Oblast, west of Zhytomyr Oblast, north of Ternopil Oblast, north of Khmelnytsky Oblast), former principality
    • Chełm, Belz, San River, Przemyśl (east of Podkarpackie Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship), former principality and a constituent land of Ruthenia
    • Berestia (west of Brest Oblast, south of Podlaskie Voivodeship)
    • Galicia (Lviv Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ternopil Oblast)
  • Podolia (Khmelnytsky Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, north of Odesa Oblast, west of Kirovohrad Oblast), Lesser Poland
  • Zaporizhzhia (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, east of Kirovohrad Oblast), New Serbia, Central Ukraine
  • Pontic steppe, Wild Fields, New Russia
    • Donbas ("Donets Basin") (Donetsk Oblast, Luhanks Oblast), also known as Cuman Land, Slavo-Serbia, Eastern Ukraine
    • Azov Littoral (Zaporizhzhia Oblast, south of Donetsk Oblast, southwest of Rostov Oblast)
    • Black Sea Littoral, Southern Ukraine
      • Over-Buh, Yedisan, Transnistria (Odesa Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast)
      • Bugeac (Budzhak) (southwest of Odesa Oblast)
      • Tavria (Kherson Oblast)
  • Crimea (Krym), also known as Tavria, Taurida
  • Transcarpathia / Carpathian Ruthenia, Subcarpathian Rus, Carpatho-Ukraine and many others
  • Northern Bukovina (Chernivtsi Oblast)

Contemporary regions

  Gold – Central Ukraine  Blue – Eastern Ukraine  Light blue – Southern Ukraine  Orange – Western Ukraine
Sometimes, more southern oblasts can be referred to as "Eastern Ukraine".

Geopolitical, historical, and cultural factors play a role in assigning different areas of Ukraine to semi-official regions. The map on the right shows the approximate locations of some broad-brush regions. The terms "Central Ukraine", "Eastern Ukraine", "Southern Ukraine", and "Western Ukraine" occur in common usage. There is no clear definition of the boundaries of such regions, but rather a general reference. Lists of what may constitute such regions might include:

  • Central Ukraine, a more vague term, often denotes what is not included in Western or South-Eastern definitions.
  • Eastern Ukraine may mean either the Don basin, Sloboda Ukraine, continental Taurida regions etc.
  • Southern Ukraine often includes the whole Taurida, the Kryvyi Rih basin, and the regions of Mykolayiv and Odesa oblasts. Alternatively it may include the Don basin, in particularly the adjacent land to the Azov Sea.
  • Western Ukraine may mean either the historic region of Galicia, or may also include Volhynia, Podolia, Transcarpathia, and/or Bukovina.

Other terms are rarely used – such as "South-western Ukraine", which can denote either Transcarpathia, or Budjak. Sometimes the term "South-eastern Ukraine" is used to define both regions of the Southern and Eastern Ukraine. Due to the shape of the country, in narrow definition, term "Northern Ukraine" is often used to denote either the bulge of Chernihiv/Sumy oblasts or, in broader terms, the whole of Polesia. "North-western Ukraine" almost exclusively refers to the historic region of Volhynia. This makes the term "North-eastern Ukraine" rarest of them all – it is either used as synonym for the narrow definition of Northern Ukraine, or as synonym for Sloboda Ukraine (particularly Sumy Oblast).

  • Central Ukraine Central Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine Eastern Ukraine
  • Northern Ukraine Northern Ukraine
  • Southern Ukraine Southern Ukraine
  • Western Ukraine Western Ukraine

Historical states

Main article: History of Ukraine

See also

References

  1. Русина О. В. Сіверська земля // Енциклопедія історії України: у 10 т. / редкол.: В. А. Смолій (голова) та ін.; Інститут історії України НАН
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