Pryazovia
Pryazovia (Ukrainian: Приазов'я, sometimes spelled Приозів‘я, Pryozivia; Russian: Приазовье, Priazovye) or literally Cis-Azov region is usually used to refer to the geographic area of the north coast of the Sea of Azov.[1] It is located in the southern part of the Azov-Kuban Lowland within the East European Plain, which surrounds the Sea of Azov for most of the stretch of coastline. In a more general sense it may mean the Azov Sea littoral and to be more specific, it may also be referred to as the Northern Priazovye.
It consists of the southern part of Donetsk Oblast and Zaporizhzhia Oblast and the eastern part of Kherson Oblast of Ukraine and the western part of Rostov Oblast in Russia. Following annexation and liquidation of Crimean Khanate, between 1783 and 1802 this land was part of Imperial Russian Novorossiya Governorate ("New Russia").
Ukraine's Greek minority population of 91,000 (in 2021) live mostly in the Pryazovia region, as a result of the Emigration of Christians from the Crimea in 1778.[2]
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the whole Pryazovia was occupied by Russian troops.
References
- ^ Hurska, Alla (12 February 2019). "Russia's Hybrid Strategy in the Sea of Azov: Divide and Antagonize (Part Two)". No. Volume: 16 Issue: 18. The Jamestown Foundation. Eurasia Daily Monitor.
{{cite news}}:|issue=has extra text (help) - ^ "Azov Sea Greeks Are Reviving Their Heritage in Ukraine", www.facebook.com/ukraineworld.org, retrieved 2021-08-18
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