Grey Ukraine

Grey Ukraine (also Grey Klyn; Ukrainian: Сірий Клин, romanizedSiryi Klyn, also Сіра Україна – "Grey Ukraine"; Russian: Серый Клин, romanizedSeryy Klin) is an unofficial name for a region in Southern Siberia and Northern Kazakhstan, where mass settlement of Ukrainians took place from the middle of the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century. Around 1917–1920 there was a movement for Ukrainian autonomy in the region.