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Zaporizhia (region)



Zaporizhia (Ukrainian: Запоріжжя, Zaporizhia; Polish: Zaporoże or Dzikie Pola (Wild Fields or Savage Steppe), Russian: Запоро́жье, Zaporozhye) is a historical region of Ukraine. It is situated about the Dnieper River, below the Dnieper rapids (porohy, poroża), hence the name, translated as "territory beyond the rapids".



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