Yellow Ukraine ( uk, Жовтий Клин, Zhovtyi Klyn, Yellow Wedge), also known as Zhovty Klyn, is a historical territory with significant Ukrainian settlement in
Volga Region
The Volga Region (russian: Поволжье, ''Povolzhye'', literally: "along the Volga") is a historical region in Russia that encompasses the drainage basin of the Volga River, the longest river in Europe, in central and southern European Russ ...
.
The settlement of Zhovty Klyn (the Yellow Wedge) started soon after the
as the eastern border of the second
Zasechnaya Cherta. Named after the yellow color of
steppes on the middle and lower Volga, these colonies co-existed with the
Volga Cossacks
The Povolzyhe Cossacks or Volga Cossacks (russian: Волжские казаки) were free Cossack communities in Russia which were recorded in sources from the 16th century on. They inhabited the areas along the Volga River.
The Volga Cossac ...
; colonists primarily settled around the city of
Saratov. In addition to Ukrainians,
Volga Germans
The Volga Germans (german: Wolgadeutsche, ), russian: поволжские немцы, povolzhskiye nemtsy) are ethnic Germans who settled and historically lived along the Volga River in the region of southeastern European Russia around Saratov a ...
and
Mordovians
The Mordvins (also Unified Mordvin people, Mordvinians, Mordovians; russian: мордва, Mordva, Mordvins (no equivalents in Moksha and Erzya)) is an obsolete but official term used in the Russian Federation to refer both to Erzyas and Moksh ...
migrated to Zhovty Klyn in numbers. , most of the population is mixed in the region, though a few "pure" Ukrainian villages remain.
Zhelty Klin website
See also
* Green Ukraine
*Grey Ukraine
Grey Ukraine (also: Grey Klyn - ''Siryi Klyn''; Ukrainian: Сірий Клин, also: Сіра Україна - "Grey Ukraine"; Russian: Серый Клин) is an unofficial name for a region in Southern Siberia and Northern Kazakhstan, where mas ...
*Volga Germans
The Volga Germans (german: Wolgadeutsche, ), russian: поволжские немцы, povolzhskiye nemtsy) are ethnic Germans who settled and historically lived along the Volga River in the region of southeastern European Russia around Saratov a ...
References
External links
Map showing location of Yellow Ukraine
Siry klyn Ukrainian community portal
Ukrainian diaspora in Russia
Saratov Oblast
Astrakhan Governorate
Cultural regions
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