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Battle Of Mospyne
Mospyne (, ; ) is a city of district significance (Ukraine), city of district significance in the Proletarskyi District, Donetsk, Proletarskyi District of the Donetsk municipality, Donetsk Oblast (oblast, province) of Ukraine, 8 km southeast of Donetsk. Population is estimated as . Population in 2001 was 11,736. Since 2014, the city has been under the control of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic. On 13 May 1919, Andrei Shkuro's Volunteer Army battled with the Makhnovshchina for control of Mospyne, resulting in the White movement capturing the city and the Makhnovists being driven back. Demographics Native language as of the Ukrainian Census (2001), Ukrainian Census of 2001: *Russian language, Russian 93.47% *Ukrainian language, Ukrainian 6.35% References Cities in Donetsk Oblast Cities of district significance in Ukraine Populated places established in the Russian Empire Donetsk Raion {{Donetsk-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblast
An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Official terms in successor states of the Soviet Union differ, but some still use a cognate of the Russian term, e.g., ''vobłasć'' (''voblasts'', ''voblasts'', official orthography: , Taraškievica: , ) is used for regions of Belarus, ' (plural: ') for regions of Kazakhstan, and ''oblusu'' (') for regions of Kyrgyzstan. The term is often translated as "area", "zone", "province" or "region". The last translation may lead to confusion, because "raion" may be used for other kinds of administrative division, which may be translated as "region", "district" or "county" depending on the context. Unlike "province", translations as "area", "zone", and "region" may lead to confusion because they have very common meanings other t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |