Donetsk Oblast (ukr)

Donetsk Oblast

Donetsk Oblast ranks 15,069th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind George Town, Cayman Islands, Zakarpattia Oblast, and Kyiv Oblast. Memorable people born in Donetsk Oblast include Ivan Ordets, Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi, and Iakiv Khammo. Donetsk Oblast has been the birth place of many athletes, and soccer players. Donetsk Oblast is located in Ukraine.

Donetsk Oblast, also referred to as Donechchyna, is an oblast in eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 million residents. Its administrative centre is Donetsk, though due to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, the regional administration was moved to Kramatorsk. Historically, the region has been an important part of the Donbas region. From its creation in 1938 until November 1961, it bore the name Stalino Oblast, in honour of Joseph Stalin. As part of the de-Stalinization process, it was renamed after the Donets river, the main artery of Eastern Ukraine. Its population is estimated at 4,100,280. Read more on Wikipedia