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[[File:DPR and LPR.png|350px|thumb|[[Donetsk]] {yellow} and [[Luhansk]] {pink} in the Donbas.]]
[[File:DPR and LPR.png|350px|thumb|[[Donetsk]] {yellow} and [[Luhansk]] {pink} in the Donbas.]]
'''Donbas''' or '''Donbass''' is a [[portmanteau]] formed from '''Donets Basin''' associated with the river Donets river in [[Eastern Europe]]an. The river originates in [[Russia]] and flows through the [[Ukraine]]ian Oblast of [[Kharkiv]], the [[Donetsk Peoples Republic]], the [[Luhansk Peoples Republic]], and then again through [[Russia]]n territory in Rostov to join the Don River about 60 miles above the [[Sea of Azov]]. The Donbas is an important cultural and economic region in Eastern Europe and portions considered part of Russia's [[near abroad]].
'''Donbas''' or '''Donbass''' is a [[portmanteau]] formed from '''Donets Basin''' associated with the river Donets river in [[Eastern Europe]]an. The river originates in [[Russia]] and flows through the [[Ukraine]]ian Oblast of [[Kharkiv]], the [[Donetsk Peoples Republic]], the [[Luhansk Peoples Republic]], and then again through [[Russia]]n territory in Rostov to join the Don River about 60 miles above the [[Sea of Azov]]. The Donbas is an important cultural and economic region in Eastern Europe and portions considered part of Russia's [[near abroad]].
==History==
==History==
[[File:Ukraine voter map.png|300px|thumb|left|Ukraine election in 2010: blue regions include Dunbas and supported the victorious pro-Russia candidate and thereby opposed gay pride parades imposed by its current liberal president; the election was deemed fair but a [[Leftist]] revolution in 2014 ousted the pro-Russian president]]
Donetsk and Luhansk declared independence after the 2014 U.S.-backed [[Maidan coup]] in Kyiv that overthrew democratically-elected President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] on February 21, 2014. On the next day the Ukrainian Rada, with only opposition leaders present, ousted Yanukovych.
Donetsk and Luhansk declared independence after the 2014 U.S.-backed [[Maidan coup]] in Kyiv that overthrew democratically-elected President [[Viktor Yanukovych]] on February 21, 2014. On the next day the Ukrainian Rada, with only opposition leaders present, ousted Yanukovych.