Donbas

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coal-mining region historical region industrial region

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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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Donbas area 1
Donbas coal basin 1
Donbas region 1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ