Sloviansk is a city in Donetsk Oblast, northern part of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. The city was known as Tor until 1784. While it did not actually belong to the raion itself, Sloviansk served as the administrative center of the Sloviansk Raion (district) until its abolition on 18 July 2020.
Image: Церква Олександра Невського Слов'янськ DJI 0096
Image: Житловий будинок, вул. Вчительська (Калініна), 46
Image: Sloviansk Yuriy Skydanov Stadium 12
Sloviansk in the late 19th century
The Donbas or Donbass is a historical, cultural, and economic region in eastern Ukraine. Parts of the Donbas are occupied by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Bronze Age spread of Yamnaya Steppe pastoralist ancestry
A Soviet Russian propaganda poster from 1921 that says "The Donbas is the heart of Russia"
A monument to Don Cossacks in Luhansk. "To the sons of glory and freedom".
Ukrainian troops in the Donbas, March 2015