Donbas

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Donbas is an industrial and coal-mining region in eastern Ukraine, historically known for its heavy industry and significant role in Soviet and post-Soviet economic and political affairs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coal-mining region
historical region
industrial region
alternativeName Donbas
surface form: Donets Basin
borderWith Russia
conflict Russo-Ukrainian War
Russo-Ukrainian War
surface form: War in Donbas
country Ukraine
demographicFeature high population density in industrial cities
high urbanization
developedBy Russian Empire industrialization policies
Soviet industrialization plans
economicImportance major coal producer of Ukraine
major industrial center of Eastern Europe
etymology Donbas self-linksurface differs
surface form: derived from Donets Coal Basin
eventStart Russo-Ukrainian War
surface form: War in Donbas 2014
geologicalFeature Donbas self-linksurface differs
surface form: Donets Coal Basin
hasCity Alchevsk
Donetsk
Horlivka
Kramatorsk
Luhansk Oblast
surface form: Luhansk

Makiyivka
Mariupol
Yenakiieve
hasPart Donetsk Oblast
Luhansk Oblast
historicalRole major industrial base of independent Ukraine
major industrial base of the Soviet Union
knownFor chemical industry
coal mining
heavy industry
machine building
metallurgy
steel production
languageMajority Russian-speaking population
Ukrainian-speaking population
locatedIn Donetsk Oblast
Luhansk Oblast
eastern Ukraine
partOf Soviet Union
Ukraine
Soviet Ukraine
surface form: Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
politicalSignificance center of pro-Russian political movements in Ukraine
site of separatist conflict in Ukraine
resource coal
iron ore (nearby deposits)
strategicImportance key energy and industrial hub in Eastern Europe
timePeriodOfIndustrialization late 19th century

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Donbas alternativeName Donbas
this entity surface form: Donets Basin
Donbas etymology Donbas self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: derived from Donets Coal Basin
Donbas geologicalFeature Donbas self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Donets Coal Basin
Yenakiieve hasResourceBase Donbas
this entity surface form: Donbas coal basin
this entity surface form: Donbass
this entity surface form: Luhansk Oblast
this entity surface form: Donbas area
Yenakiieve region Donbas
this entity surface form: Donbas region
Alexey Stakhanov residence Donbas