Zaporizhzhia (region)
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This article is about the historical region. For the modern administrative division, see Zaporizhzhia Oblast. For other regions, see Zaporizhzhia (disambiguation).
Zaporizhzhia or Zaporozhzhia (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя, romanized: Zaporižžia) is a historical region in central east Ukraine below the Dnieper River rapids (Ukrainian: пороги, romanized: porohy), hence the name, literally "(territory) beyond the rapids".
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Etymology: Beyond the Dnieper's rapids | |
Coordinates: 48.39°N 34.71°E / 48.39; 34.71 | |
Countries | Ukraine |
Regions | Eastern Ukraine Southern Ukraine |
Capital | Zaporizhian Sich |
Largest city | Dnipro |
Parts | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Kirovohrad Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk Oblast, Kherson Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast, Rostov Oblast |
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From the 16th to the 18th centuries the Zaporizhzhia region functioned as semi-independent quasi-republican Cossack territory centred on the Zaporizhian Sich. Sometimes the region is referred to as Zaporizhian Sich as well. Zaporizhzhia corresponds to modern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, major parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kirovohrad Oblasts, as well as parts of Kherson and Donetsk Oblasts of Ukraine.