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Sloboda Ukraine
Historical region in Ukraine and Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sloboda Ukraine,[lower-alpha 1] also known locally as Slobozhanshchyna or Slobozhanshchina,[lower-alpha 2] is a historical region in northeastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia. It developed and flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries on the southwestern frontier of the Tsardom of Russia. In 1765, it was converted into the Sloboda Ukraine Governorate.
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Sloboda Ukraine
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Country | Ukraine, Russia |
Regions | East Ukraine, Central Black Earth Region |
Cities | Sumy, Okhtyrka, Izyum, Ostrogozhsk |
Capital | Kharkiv |
Parts | Kharkiv Oblast, Luhansk Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Donetsk Oblast |
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