South-East Ukrainian Autonomous Republic ( uk, Південно-Східна Українська Автономна Республіка, ПСУАР, Pivdenno-Skhidna Ukrayinska Avtonomna Respublika, PSUAR) was a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

political project of pro-

Viktor Yanukovych Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Віктор Федорович Янукович, ; ; born 9 July 1950) is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of Di ...

politicians and officials in 2004. Initiated on 26 November 2004 by the

Luhansk Oblast Luhansk Oblast ( uk, Луга́нська о́бласть, translit=Luhanska oblast; russian: Луганская область, translit=Luganskaya oblast; also referred to as Luhanshchyna, uk, Луга́нщина) is the easternmost oblast ...

Council, the project was discontinued the next month by the

Donetsk Oblast The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...

Council. The republic was intended to consist out of nine regions of Ukraine. The idea on creating of the political entity arose at a session of the Luhansk Oblast Council chaired by Viktor Tikhonov and attended by

Oleksandr Yefremov Oleksandr Yefremov or Aleksandr Efremov ( uk, Олександр Сергійович Єфремов, russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Ефре́мов) is a Ukrainian former parliamentarian and politician. A former governor o ...

. The session adopted a decision to discontinue subordination to the Luhansk State Regional Administration and create a separate executive committee headed by

. The session also included for revision by the congress of bodies of local self-government and executive power in Southeastern territories of Ukraine a proposition in organization of working group in creation of tax, payment, banking and finance institutions of the Southeastern territories.Decision of the Luhansk Oblast Council
26 November 2004.

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...

Mayor

Oleksandr Lukyanchenko Oleksandr Oleksiyovych Lukyanchenko ( uk, Олександр Олексійович Лук'янченко, russian: Александр Алексеевич Лукьянченко; born 30 August 1947) is the former mayor of Donetsk city, in Ukr ...

, however, stated that no one wanted autonomy, but rather sought to stop

Orange Revolution The Orange Revolution ( uk, Помаранчева революція, translit=Pomarancheva revoliutsiia) was a series of protests and political events that took place in Ukraine from late November 2004 to January 2005, in the immediate afterm ...

demonstrations going on at the time in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

and negotiate a compromise.

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*Crouch, D.
East Ukraine threatens autonomy
'.

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. 28 November 2004. *Kuzio, T.
UKRAINE: East-west break-up fears are overdone
'. Oxford Analytica. 2 December 2004. {{War in Donbass 2004 in Ukraine Donbas History of Donetsk Oblast History of Luhansk Oblast Orange Revolution Russian irredentism Separatism in Ukraine

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