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Donetsk People's Republic

Today it means: A Russian-backed, partially-recognized secessionist state proclaimed in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on 7 April 2014. It was later unilaterally annexed by Russia on 30 September 2022. Full definition →

Russian Доне́цкая Наро́дная Респу́блика ← Ukrainian Донецька народна республіка

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Ukrainian · calque ofДонецька народна республіка
Russian · calque ofДоне́цкая Наро́дная Респу́блика
English todayDonetsk People's Republic

Calque of Russian Доне́цкая Наро́дная Респу́блика (Donéckaja Naródnaja Respúblika) and/or Ukrainian Донецька народна республіка (Donecʹka narodna respublika).

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