Ukrainian historical regions

This is a list of historical regions in present-day Ukraine. Main historical regions Traditional regions The traditional names of the regions of Ukraine are important geographic, historical, and ethnographic identifiers. Over-Dnieper Ukraine, Great Ukraine Land of Kyiv Right-bank Ukraine (east of Zhytomyr Oblast, Kyiv Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast), Central Ukraine Polesia, Land of Turov (north of Kyiv Oblast, east of Brest Oblast, west of Gomel Oblast), Northern Ukraine Land of Pereyaslav (predominantly Poltava Oblast and east of Kyiv Oblast), southern part of Left-bank Ukraine, Little Russia, Central Ukraine Land of Chernihiv (predominantly Chernihiv Oblast, west of Bryansk Oblast, east of Gomel Oblast), northern part of Left-bank Ukraine, Little Russia, Northern Ukraine Severia (Sumy Oblast, Kharkiv Oblast, Kursk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast) Sloboda Ukraine (mostly Kharkiv Oblast) Ruthenia, Kingdom of Rus, Western Ukraine, Western Oblast, Liitle Poland Volhynia (Volyn Oblast, Rivne Oblast, west of Zhytomyr Oblast, north of Ternopil Oblast, north of Khmelnytsky Oblast), former principality Chełm, Belz, San River, Przemyśl (east of Podkarpackie Voivodeship and Lublin Voivodeship), former principality and a constituent land of Ruthenia Berestia (west of Brest Oblast, south of Podlaskie Voivodeship) Galicia (Lviv Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ternopil Oblast) Red Ruthenia Prykarpattia (Boikos and Lemkos, collectively Rusyns) Pokuttia (Hutsuls) Podolia (Khmelnytsky Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, north of Odesa Oblast, west of Kirovohrad Oblast), Little Poland Zaporizhzhia (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, east of Kirovohrad Oblast), New Serbia, Central Ukraine Pontic steppe, Wild Fields, New Russia Donbas ("Donets Basin") (Donetsk Oblast, Luhanks Oblast), also known as Cuman Land, Slavo-Serbia, Eastern Ukraine Azov Littoral (Zaporizhzhia Oblast, south of Donetsk Oblast, southwest of Rostov Oblast) Black Sea Littoral, Southern Ukraine Over-Buh, Yedisan, Transnistria (Odesa Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast) Bugeac (Budzhak) (southwest of Odesa Oblast) Tavria (Kherson Oblast) Crimea (Krym), also known as Tavria, Taurida Transcarpathia / Carpathian Ruthenia, Subcarpathian Rus, Carpatho-Ukraine and many others Maramureș Northern Bukovina (Chernivtsi Oblast) Contemporary regions