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Novorossiya
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proposed merger of Donetsk and Lugansk People Republics that was never realized
"Novorossiya" was a proposed merger of two breakaway territories in eastern Ukraine—the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics—that was announced by Russian-backed forces but never actually came to pass. It matters because the plan reflected geopolitical tensions in Ukraine and illustrated the contested control of these regions, which have been central to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Novorossiya is referenced by 130 other articles, and connects out to Russian people's militias in Ukraine, Luhansk People's Republic and War in Donbas.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It sits within the topics Accuracy disputes from February 2023, Donbas and Donetsk Oblast in the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Its subject is documented across 57 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Has part
- Luhansk People's Republic
- Named after
- Novorossiya
- Form of government
- confederation
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- different from
- Novorossiya
- Commons category
- Federal State of New Russia
- topic's main category
- Category:Novorossiya (confederation)
- native label
- Новоросія
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2015-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Novorossiya or New Russia, also referred to as the Union of People's Republics, was a project for a confederation between the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) in Eastern Ukraine, both of which were under the control of pro-Russian separatists.
The concept of "Novorossiya" emerged in public discourse with the beginning of the Donbas war in eastern Ukraine. Referring to the historic Novorossiya, a former imperial Russian territory conquered from the Cossacks and the Ottomans in which Russian settlers were encouraged to settle, Russia promoted the Novorossiya concept as a new identity for the Ukrainian breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Novorossiya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.