History of Ukraine |
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Ukraine portal |
This is a list of historical regions in present-day Ukraine.
Coat of arms | Name | Description |
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Black Sea Littoral | Other names: Yedisan, Ochakov Oblast. | |
Budjak | name originated from Turkish, meaning "borderland” | |
Bukovyna | Other names: Shypyntsi Land. | |
Donbas | Other names: Land of Cumans. | |
Halychyna | Other names: Galicia, Cis–Carpathian (east of the ridge). | |
Kyiv land | Other names: Duchy of Ruthenia, Ruthenia proper. | |
Siveria [1] | Other names: Chernihiv land, Chernihiv-Siveria. | |
Podolia | Podolia means "Lower Land". | |
Sloboda Ukraine | ||
Taurida | Now Crimea | |
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. | |
Volhynia | Other names: Vladimir, Volyn, Lodomeria. | |
Zaporizhian Sich |
The traditional names of the regions of Ukraine are important geographic, historical, and ethnographic identifiers.
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:
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).
History of Ukraine |
---|
Ukraine portal |
This is a list of historical regions in present-day Ukraine.
Coat of arms | Name | Description |
---|---|---|
Black Sea Littoral | Other names: Yedisan, Ochakov Oblast. | |
Budjak | name originated from Turkish, meaning "borderland” | |
Bukovyna | Other names: Shypyntsi Land. | |
Donbas | Other names: Land of Cumans. | |
Halychyna | Other names: Galicia, Cis–Carpathian (east of the ridge). | |
Kyiv land | Other names: Duchy of Ruthenia, Ruthenia proper. | |
Siveria [1] | Other names: Chernihiv land, Chernihiv-Siveria. | |
Podolia | Podolia means "Lower Land". | |
Sloboda Ukraine | ||
Taurida | Now Crimea | |
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. | |
Volhynia | Other names: Vladimir, Volyn, Lodomeria. | |
Zaporizhian Sich |
The traditional names of the regions of Ukraine are important geographic, historical, and ethnographic identifiers.
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:
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).