Zaporizhia info
Zaporizhia Oblast is an oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. Its capital is Zaporizhia.
This oblast is an important part of Ukraine's industry and agriculture.
The Zaporizhia Oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on January 10, 1939.
The territory of the oblast came under the dominion of the Golden Horde after the fall of Kievan Rus'. The steppes off of the Dnieper River were subsequently ruled by the Crimean Khanate, beginning in 1445.
From the 15th century to the 18th century, the northern parts of the province belonged to the Zaporizhian Sich - a self-governed military republic of the Ukrainian Kozaks.
Bays in Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Zaporizhia is a city in south-central Ukraine, which rests on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative center of the Zaporizhia Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zaporizkyi Raion (district) within the oblast. The city itself is directly subordinate to the oblast, and is located approximately 70 km (43 mi) south of the city of Dnipropetrovsk....