Donbas
The Donbas or Donbass is a disputed region in Eastern Europe. The whole region is a war zone claimed by both Ukraine and Russia.
- Type: industrial region
- Description: industrial region in southeastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia
- Also known as: “Donbass”, “Donets Basin”, and “Donetsia”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luganskoye and Lohvynove.
Luganskoye
Village
Photo: Artemka, Public domain.Lohvynove
Village
Lohvynove is a village in Horlivka Raion in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 58.6 km NE from the centre of the Oblast administrative centre, Donetsk, at about 4 km NW from Debaltseve.
Nyzhnie Lozove
Hamlet
Nyzhnie Lozove is a village in Horlivka Raion in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 61.8 km NE from the centre of Donetsk city. The settlement was taken under control of pro-Russian forces during the War in Donbass, that started in 2014.
Donbas
- Categories: Ukrainian historical regions, disputed territory, region, and historical region
- Location: Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.4° or 48° 24′ north
Longitude
38.3° or 38° 18′ east
Open location code
8GWWC822+22
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Donbas” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Donbas”
- Albanian: “Donbasi”
- Arabic: “دونباس”
- Aragonese: “Donbás”
- Asturian: “Conca del Donets”
- Azerbaijani: “Donbas”
- Basque: “Donbass”
- Belarusian: “Данбас”
- Belarusian: “Данецкі басейн”
- Belarusian: “Данецкі басэйн”
- Belarusian: “Данецкі каменнавугальны басейн”
- Belarusian: “Данецкі каменнавугальны басэйн”
- Belarusian: “Данецкі рэгіён”
- Belarusian: “Данеччына”
- Bengali: “দোনবাস”
- Bhojpuri: “डानबास”
- Bhojpuri: “डानबैस”
- Bhojpuri: “डोनबास”
- Bhojpuri: “डोनाबास”
- Bosnian: “Donbas”
- Bosnian: “Donjecki bazen”
- Breton: “Donbas”
- Bulgarian: “Донбас”
- Bulgarian: “Донецки басейн”
- Catalan: “Donbas”
- Catalan: “Donbàs”
- Catalan: “Donbass”
- Catalan: “Donètsia”
- Central Kurdish: “دۆنباس”
- Chinese: “頓巴斯”
- Chinese: “顿巴斯”
- Chinese: “顿巴茲盆地”
- Chinese: “顿涅茨”
- Crimean Tatar: “Donbass”
- Croatian: “Donbas”
- Czech: “Donbas”
- Czech: “Doněckij bassejn”
- Danish: “Donbass”
- Dutch: “Donbas”
- Dutch: “Donbass”
- Dutch: “Donetsbekken”
- Esperanto: “Donbaso”
- Esperanto: “Donec-Baseno”
- Esperanto: “Donecbaseno”
- Esperanto: “Donecka baseno”
- Esperanto: “Donecka Baseno”
- Estonian: “coal basin”
- Estonian: “Donbass”
- Estonian: “Donetsi söebassein”
- Estonian: “Donetsi söekaevanduspiirkond”
- Finnish: “Donbas”
- Finnish: “Donbass”
- Finnish: “Donetsin allas”
- Finnish: “Donetsin laakio”
- French: “Donbas”
- French: “Donbass”
- Galician: “Donbás”
- German: “Donbas”
- German: “Donbass”
- German: “Donbaß”
- German: “Donezbecken”
- German: “Donezgebiet”
- German: “Donezland”
- Greek: “λεκάνη του Ντονέτς”
- Greek: “Ντονμπάς”
- Hebrew: “דונבאס”
- Hindi: “डोनबास”
- Hungarian: “Donyec-medence”
- Icelandic: “Donbas”
- Ido: “Baseno di Doneck”
- Indonesian: “Donbas”
- Indonesian: “Donbass”
- Interlingua: “Donbas”
- Irish: “Donbas”
- Italian: “Bacino del Donec”
- Italian: “Donbas”
- Italian: “Donbass”
- Japanese: “ドネツィア”
- Japanese: “ドンバス”
- Kirghiz: “Дон көмүр бассейни”
- Korean: “도네츠 분지”
- Korean: “돈바스”
- Korean: “돈바쓰”
- Kurdish: “Donbas”
- Kurdish: “Donbass”
- Lao: “ດອນບັສ”
- Latvian: “Donbass”
- Latvian: “Doņecas reģions”
- Limburgan: “Donbass”
- Literary Chinese: “頓巴斯”
- Lithuanian: “Donbasas”
- Lombard: “Donbass”
- Macedonian: “Донбас”
- Macedonian: “Донечки Басен”
- Malagasy: “Donbass”
- Malay: “Donbas”
- Malayalam: “Donets basin”
- Malayalam: “ഡൊനെറ്റ്സ് തടം”
- Manx: “Donbas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Donbas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Donbass”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Donetsbassenget”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Donetsbekkenet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Donetsia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Donbas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Donbass”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Donetsbekkenet”
- Norwegian: “Donbas”
- Persian: “دنباس”
- Persian: “دونباس”
- Polish: “Donbas”
- Polish: “Zagłębie Donieckie”
- Portuguese: “Bacia do Donets”
- Portuguese: “Donbas”
- Portuguese: “Donbass”
- Pushto: “دونباس”
- Romanian: “Donbas”
- Russian: “Донбасс”
- Russian: “Донетчина”
- Russian: “Донецкая земля”
- Russian: “Донецкий бассейн”
- Russian: “Донецкий каменноугольный бассейн”
- Russian: “Донецкий край”
- Russian: “Донецкий регион”
- Russian: “Донецкий угольный бассейн”
- Serbian: “Donbas”
- Serbian: “Donjecki basen”
- Serbian: “Донбас”
- Serbian: “Доњецки басен”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Donbas”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Donečki bazen”
- Sicilian: “Donbass”
- Slovak: “Donbas”
- Slovak: “Donecká panva”
- Slovak: “Donecká uhoľná panva”
- Slovenian: “Donbas”
- South Azerbaijani: “دونباس”
- Spanish: “Dombás”
- Spanish: “Donbas”
- Spanish: “Donbás”
- Spanish: “Donbass”
- Swedish: “Donbas”
- Swedish: “Donbass”
- Swedish: “Donbassbäckenet”
- Swedish: “Donbassområdet”
- Swedish: “Donets-kolfältet”
- Swedish: “Donetsbäckenet”
- Swedish: “Donetskbäckenet”
- Tamil: “தொன்பாஸ்”
- Tatar: “Данбас”
- Tatar: “Донбасс”
- Thai: “ดอนบัส”
- Tosk Albanian: “Donezbecken”
- Turkish: “Donbas”
- Turkish: “Donbass”
- Turkish: “Donets Havzası”
- Ukrainian: “Донбас”
- Ukrainian: “Донецька земля”
- Ukrainian: “Донецький басейн”
- Ukrainian: “Донецький край”
- Ukrainian: “Донецький регіон”
- Ukrainian: “Донеччина”
- Urdu: “دونباس”
- Uzbek: “Donbass”
- Uzbek: “Donetsk toshkoʻmir havzasi”
- Venetian: “Donètsia”
- Vietnamese: “Donbas”
- Vietnamese: “Donbass”
- Vlaams: “Donbas”
- Welsh: “Y Donbas”
- Western Panjabi: “دونباس”
- Yakut: “Донецк таас чох бассейна”
- Yue Chinese: “頓巴斯”
- “डोनबास”
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