Slavo-Serbia
Slavo-Serbia or Slaveno-Serbia was a territory of Imperial Russia from 1753 to 1764. It was located to the south of the Donets River, between the Bakhmutka River and Luhan River. This area today is located within present-day Luhansk Oblast and Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. The administrative centre of Slavo-Serbia was Bakhmut.
Key facts
- Former Subdivision.native_name
- Slavo-SerbiaСлавеносрбија / SlavenosrbijaСлов'яносербіяСлавяносербияSlavoserbia
- Former Subdivision.common_name
- Slavo-Serbia
- Former Subdivision.subdivision
- territory
- Former Subdivision.nation
- the Russian Empire
- Former Subdivision.year_start
- May 29, 1753
- Former Subdivision.year_end
- 1764
- Former Subdivision.event_end
- Abolished
- Former Subdivision.s1
- Novorossiya Governorate
- Former Subdivision.image_map
- Slavo serbia location map (transparent).png
- Former Subdivision.image_map_caption
- A map of Slavo-Serbia (in green) superimposed onto the borders of modern-day Donetsk Oblast and Luhansk Oblast in Ukraine
- Former Subdivision.capital
- Bakhmut
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Background
- History
- Legacy
- Demographics
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
Slavo-Serbia or Slaveno-Serbia was a territory of Imperial Russia from 1753 to 1764. It was located to the south of the Donets River, between the Bakhmutka River and Luhan River. This area today is located within present-day Luhansk Oblast and Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. The administrative centre of Slavo-Serbia was Bakhmut.
It was bounded on the north by Slobozhanshchyna, on the west by the Cossack Hetmanate (a.k.a. the Zaporizhian Host), the Crimean Khanate to the south, and the Don Cossack Host to the southeast.