Sloboda Ukraine

Sloboda Ukraine
Слобідська Україна (Ukrainian)
Слободская Украина (Russian)
Historical region
Annunciation Cathedral, Kharkiv
Ascension Cathedral, Izium
Holy Trinity cathedral, Sumy
Old fire station, Ostrogozhsk
Location of Sloboda Ukraine (yellow) in Ukraine
Location of Sloboda Ukraine (yellow) in Ukraine
CountryUkraine, Russia
RegionsEast Ukraine, Central Black Earth Region
CitiesSumy, Okhtyrka, Izyum, Ostrogozhsk
CapitalKharkiv
PartsKharkiv Oblast, Luhansk Oblast, Sumy Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Donetsk Oblast

Sloboda Ukraine,[a] also known locally as Slobozhanshchyna or Slobozhanshchina,[b] is a historical region 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.
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