Green Ukraine, also known as Zelenyi Klyn or Zakytaishchyna, is a historical Ukrainian name for the land in the Russian Far East area between the Amur River and the Pacific Ocean — an area roughly cor
Arrival of settlers to Blagoveshchensk in the early 20th century
A set of postage stamps "In Memory of the Ukrainian Far Eastern Republic", Ukraine, 2021.
Number and share of Ukrainians in the population of the regions of the RSFSR (1926 census)
Cathay is a historical name for China that was used in Europe. During the early modern period, the term Cathay initially evolved as a term referring to what is now Northern China, completely separate
Green Ukraine
…significant Ukrainian population, who migrated eastward as settlers during Russian Imperial expansion to the east. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Transcathay (Ukrainian: Закитайщина, romanized: Zakytaishchyna) was a projected country in the Russian Far East. After the establishment of the Bolshevik Far Eastern…
A typical early 17th-century depiction of "Cataia" as China's northeastern neighbour, Jodocus Hondius, 1610
Not convinced by the Jesuits, John Speed in 1626 follows Jodocus Hondius' layout: He shows the chain of Silk Road cities visited by de Góis (Cuchia, Chialis, Turfan, Camul) – but has it directed not toward China's Shaanxi Sancii, as shown by de Góis, but toward the mysterious "Cathaya, the Chief Kingdome of Great Cam", northeast of China. Naturally, Cambalu and Xandu are shown in Cathay, while Shuntien (Beijing) is in China.
Empire of the Great Khan according to the Catalan Atlas