Zaporizhzhia | |
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Etymology: Beyond the Dnieper's rapids | |
Coordinates: 48°23′N 34°43′E / 48.39°N 34.71°E | |
Countries | Ukraine Russia |
Regions | Eastern Ukraine Southern Ukraine Southern Russia |
Capital | Zaporizhian Sich |
Largest city | Dnipro |
Parts | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Kirovohrad Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk Oblast, Kherson Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast, Rostov Oblast |
History of Ukraine |
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Zaporizhzhia or Zaporozhzhia (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя, romanized: Zaporizhzhia) is a historical region in central east Ukraine below the Dnieper River rapids (Ukrainian: пороги, romanized: porohy), hence the name, literally "(territory) beyond the rapids".
From the 16th to the 18th centuries the Zaporizhzhia region functioned as semi-independent quasi-republican Cossack territory centred on the Zaporizhian Sich. Sometimes the region is referred to as Zaporizhian Sich as well. Zaporizhzhia corresponds to modern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, major parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kirovohrad Oblasts, as well as parts of Kherson and Donetsk Oblasts of Ukraine.