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1st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade
The 1st Separate Guards Motor Rifle Slavyansk Order of the Republic Brigade (Military Unit Number 08801) is a military unit of Russian Ground Forces. Until January 1, 2023, it was part of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). It is attached to the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army. History War In Donbas The brigade was formerly commanded by Igor "Strelkov" Girkin. He was the Minister of Defense of allied separatist militias in the DPR and LPR from 16 May to 14 August 2014. Strelkov's name was later revealed to be Igor Girkin, a Moscow-born Russian, Army veteran and former FSB agent.Russia's Donetsk Proxies Anticipate Ukrainian Siege |
Great Emblem Of 1st Army Corps
Great may refer to: Descriptions or measurements * Great, a relative measurement in physical space, see Size * Greatness, being divine, majestic, superior, majestic, or transcendent People * List of people known as "the Great" * Artel Great (born 1981), American actor * Great Osobor (born 2002), Spanish-born British basketball player Other uses * ''Great'' (1975 film), a British animated short about Isambard Kingdom Brunel * ''Great'' (2013 film), a German short film * Great (supermarket), a supermarket in Hong Kong * GReAT, Graph Rewriting and Transformation, a Model Transformation Language * Gang Resistance Education and Training, or GREAT, a school-based and police officer-instructed program * Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT), a cybersecurity team at Kaspersky Lab *'' Great!'', a 2018 EP by Momoland *Great! TV, British TV channel group * ''The Great'' (TV series), an American comedy-drama See also * * * * * The Great (other) The Great is the moniker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
51st Guards Combined Arms Army
The 51st Guards Combined Arms Donetsk Army (Russian: 51-я гвардейская общевойсковая Донецкая армия) is a military formation of the Russian Ground Forces as part of the Southern Military District, formerly the 1st Army Corps of the Donetsk People's Republic. It was officially incorporated into the Russian Federation on 31 December 2022, after Russia annexed the occupied territory of Donetsk, and then it was reformed into a Combined Arms Army in 2024. History War in Donbas The 1st Army Corps was formed on 12 November 2014 as an effort to unite numerous volunteer units under one command. Considered by Ukrainian and Western analysts as a formal part of the Russian 8th Combined Arms Army, it nevertheless had a certain degree of autonomy. The corps was deployed along the contact line that stretched from the coast of the Sea of Azov to the LPR border north of Debaltseve, where it met with the 2nd Army Corps. Russian invasion of Ukraine The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debaltseve
Debaltseve (, ) or Debaltsevo (), is a city in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, currently occupied by Russia as part of the Donetsk People's Republic. The city is situated on the eastern edge of Donetsk Oblast, and borders Luhansk Oblast. Population: On 18 February 2015, after the Battle of Debaltseve, the town was captured by the Russian separatist forces. Geography Distance from Donetsk: by road - 74 km, by air – 58 km. Distance from Kyiv: by road - 803 km, by rail - 797 km. The administrative boundary between the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts lies along with the eastern limits of the city. The city is located on a hill from which many Donbas rivers originate. The river Bulavin (a tributary of the river Krynka, Mius basin) originates in the southern outskirts of the city, the river Lozova (a tributary of the river Luhan, Siverskyi Donets basin) in the north-east, the river Sanzharivka (a tributary of the river Luhan) in the north, the river ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donetsk Airport
Donetsk Sergei Prokofiev International Airport is a former airport located northwest of Donetsk, Ukraine, that was destroyed in 2014 during the War in Donbas (2014–2022), war in Donbas. It was built in the 1940s, rebuilt in 1973, and then again from 2011 to 2012 for UEFA Euro 2012, Euro 2012. In 2013, during its last full year of operation, it handled more than a million passengers. The airport is named after twentieth-century composer Sergei Prokofiev, who was a native of the region. The former airport, after being destroyed during the First Battle of Donetsk Airport, 1st and Second Battle of Donetsk Airport, 2nd Battles of Donetsk Airport, has been controlled by pro-Russian separatist forces since 2015 and has occasionally since been a battleground. History Soviet era The airport originates from a resolution of the Stalino City Council dated July 27, 1931, which instructed the land department and the municipal services department to find territory for the construction of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donbass People's Militia
Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, primarily the People's Militias of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), were pro-Russian paramilitaries in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. They were under the overall control of the Russian Federation. They were also referred to as Russian proxy forces. They were active during the War in Donbas (2014–2022), war in Donbas (2014–2022), the first stage of the Russo-Ukrainian War. They then supported the Russian Armed Forces against the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022 Russian invasion. In September 2022, Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, Russia annexed the DPR and LPR, and began integrating the paramilitaries into its armed forces. They are designated as List of designated terrorist organizations, terrorist groups by the government of Ukraine. The separatist paramilitaries were formed during the 2014 pro-Russian unre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kostyantynivka
Kostiantynivka (, ; ) is an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine. It is situated on the Kryvyi Torets river. During the Soviet era, the city developed into a major centre for the production of iron, zinc, steel, and glass. Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance. It was the administrative center of the Kostiantynivka Raion until 2020, although it did not belong to it. After the raion was abolished, Kostiantynivka was incorporated into the Kramatorsk Raion. Its population is approximately 15,000 (2025 estimate). History In 1870, Kostiantynivka was founded by a landowner named Nomikossov, who built the settlement in honor of his oldest son, Kostiantyn. At the beginning of the 20th century, Kostiantynivka developed into an industrial settlement, and was later elevated to the rank of an urban settlement in 1926. In 1932, Kostyantynivka was granted municipal rights. During World War II, the Germans operated a forced labour camp in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrovskyi District
Petrovskyi District () is an urban district of the city of Donetsk, under the control of the de facto Donetsk People's Republic, named after a Soviet political figure Grigoriy Petrovsky. It was created in 1937. Places File:Donetsk Kirsha Training Centre 1.jpg, Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lvi ... training grounds in Kirsha File:Ленин на площади Победы 2.jpg, Lenin's monument at the Victory Square, 2009 File:Площадь Победы 001.jpg, Memorial Stele at the Victory Square, 2009 File:Памятник Петровскому 009.jpg, Petrovsky's monument in front of the Palace of Cultures, 2009 External links Petrovsky Raionat the Mayor of Donetsk website Petrovsky Raionat the Uzovka website Urban districts of Donet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilovaisk
Ilovaisk (, ; ) is a city in Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine; residence of Ilovaisk urban hromada. The city is ''de facto'' annexed by Russia and administered by the Donetsk People's Republic. The city is known as a major regional railroad hub. It was also the site of a battle in the War in Donbas. The city has a population of , 17,620 (2001). Battle of Ilovaisk Starting in mid-April 2014, Russian paramilitaries captured several towns in Donetsk Oblast, including Ilovaisk. On 19 August 2014, Ukrainian forces reportedly secured the city centre from the Russia-backed militants; fighting for control of other parts of the town continued. The next morning they claimed they had control over one half of the town, with the town divided by a railroad line. On 21 August, the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed that heavy fighting continued "in some districts of Ilovaisk", while the Russia-backed forces claimed they had repelled the Ukrainian military and surrounded a contingent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mospyne
Mospyne (, ; ) is a city in the Proletarskyi District of Donetsk urban hromada, Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine, southeast of Donetsk. The population is estimated as while the population in 2001 was recorded as 11,736. Since 2014, the city has been under the control of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic. The city's area is . With the , the city serves as a junction for freight and passenger trains. The city belongs to the within the Donets Coal Basin and lies on the (a tributary of the Kalmius which flows into the Azov sea). There are also several small rivers within the area of the city. The city has of green space per capita. The average temperature in January is while in July it's . There is of precipitation per year. History In the area of the city, artifacts dating from the Middle Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods were discovered. Among the findings included a monument of the , a burial site of a Sarmatian warrior with an iron sword, a bronze f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; ; ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin, and Stalino, is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine located on the Kalmius River in Donetsk Oblast, which is currently occupied by Russia as the capital of the Donetsk People's Republic. The population was estimated at in the city core, with over 2 million in the metropolitan area (2011). According to the 2001 census, Donetsk was the fifth-largest city in Ukraine. Administratively, Donetsk has been the centre of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the larger economic and cultural Donets Basin (''Donbas'') region. Donetsk is adjacent to another major city, Makiivka, and along with other surrounding cities forms a major urban sprawl and conurbation in the region. Donetsk has been a major economic, industrial and scientific centre of Ukraine with a high concentration of heavy industries and a skilled workforce. The density of heavy indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Sloviansk
The siege of Sloviansk was conducted by Ukraine between 12 April 2014 and 5 July 2014. It began when Sloviansk was seized by the fifty-strong unit of heavily-armed Russian militants lead by Russian citizen Igor Girkin. Following three months of heavy fighting between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, separatist and Russian forces, the Ukrainian government retook the city as the pro-Russia rebels retreated to Donetsk. The engagement in Sloviansk marked the first military engagement of the War in Donbas. On 12 April 2014, as 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, unrest grew in eastern Ukraine following the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, masked men in Battledress, fatigues, armed with Kalashnikov rifle, Kalashnikov assault rifles, took over the town and began to fortify it. They claimed to be local fighters of the Donetsk People's Republic, but were actually Russian Armed Forces 'volunteers' under the command of Russian GRU (Russian Federation), GR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamestown Foundation
The Jamestown Foundation is a Washington, D.C.–based non-partisan defense policy think tank. Founded in 1984 as a platform to support Soviet defectors, its stated mission is to inform and educate policy makers about events and trends, which it regards as being of current strategic importance to the United States. Jamestown publications focus on China, Russia, Eurasia, and global terrorism. Founding and mission The Jamestown Foundation was founded in 1984 after Arkady Shevchenko, the highest-ranking Soviet official ever to defect when he left his position as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, defected in 1978. William Geimer, an American lawyer, had been working closely with Shevchenko, and established the foundation as a vehicle to promote the writings of the former Soviet diplomat and those of Ion Pacepa, a former top Romanian intelligence officer; with the help of the foundation, both defectors published bestselling books.Jamestown FoundationOrigins Centra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
