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Donbas

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Donbas, industrial region, Ukraine and Russia: see Donets Basin Donets Basin , abbreviated as Donbas , industrial region (c.10,000 sq mi/25,900 sq km), E Ukraine and SW European Russia, N of the Sea of Azov and W of the Donets River.
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Donets Basin

 or Donbas

Large mining and industrial region, southeastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia. Notable for its coal and iron reserves, the exploited area of the coalfield covers nearly 9,000 sq mi (23,300 sq km) south of the Donets River. First mined in the early 19th century, by 1913 the Donets Basin was producing 87% of Russian coal. The coalfields adjoin the rich ironfield of Krivoi Rog, where an ironworks was set up in 1872 in Donetsk; by 1913 it was making 74% of all Russian pig iron. The area today is the largest single producing area of iron and steel in Ukraine and one of the world's major heavy-industrial complexes.

Donbass, Donbas
an industrial region in E Ukraine in the plain of the Rivers Donets and lower Dnieper: the site of a major coalfield


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Glantz, a retired US Army officer and chief editor for The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, adds new depth to the historical record by providing new information on Operation Mars, the Donbas and Khar'kov offensives and the true size of Red Army fronts in the west and northwest.
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