Slobozhanshchyna
| Sloboda Ukraine (Слобідська Україна) | |||
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| Countries | Ukraine, Russia | ||
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| Regions | East Ukraine, Central Black Earth Region | ||
| Parts | Kharkiv Oblast, Luhansk Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, Kursk Oblast | ||
| Cities | Sumy, Okhtyrka, Izyum, Ostrogozhsk | ||
| Rivers | Donets River, Kharkiv River, Vorskla River, Don River, Oskol River | ||
| Capital | Kharkiv | ||
 Sloboda Ukraine (yellow) in modern Ukraine
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Sloboda Ukraine (Russian: Слободская Украина, tr. Slobodskaya Ukraina; Ukrainian: Слобідська Україна, translit. Slobids'ka Ukrayina) or Slobozhanshchyna (Ukrainian: Слобожанщина, IPA: [slɔbɔˈʒɑnʃtʃɪnɐ]; Russian: [sləbɐˈʐanʲɕːɪnə]) is a historical region, now located in Northeastern Ukraine and Southwestern Russia. It developed and flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries on the southwestern frontier of the Tsardom of Russia. In 1765 it was converted into the Sloboda Ukraine Governorate.
The name derives from the term sloboda for a colonial settlement free of tax obligations, and the word ukraine in its original sense of "borderland". The etymology of the word Ukraine is seen this way among Russian, Ukrainian and Western historians such as Orest Subtelny,Paul Magocsi,Omeljan Pritsak,Mykhailo Hrushevskyi,Ivan Ohiyenko,Petro Tolochko and others. It's supported by the Encyclopedia of Ukraine and the Etymological dictionary of the Ukrainian language. In Russia, the name "Ukraine" (Russian: Ukraina) is perceived as a calque of okraina, meaning a frontier (krai), thus Sloboda Ukraine is known as a "free-settled frontier". In Ukraine, the region is accepted as a free settled region, part of the whole Ukraine.
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