Pink Ukraine
Pink Ukraine
Малиновий Клин | |
|---|---|
 Approximate area of Pink Ukraine | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 263,400 km2 (101,700 sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Ukrainian: Кубанщина, romanized: Kurbanshchyna |
| Ethnicity | |
Pink Ukraine (Ukrainian: Малиновий Клин, Russian: Малиновый Клин) is a region in Kuban with a significant Ukrainian population.[1]
History
Settlement
Cossack hosts to fight alongside Russian soldiers against the Ottomans, most notably the Black Sea Cossack Host. These Cossack soldiers later founded at least 40 towns in the Kuban
region, and many resettled there.
Kuban Republic
The Kuban Rada was formed by Cossack delegates of the regional congress of representatives from the settlements of Kuban following the
Yekaterinodar
, and dissolved by 1920.
Russification
Up until the early 20th century, many of the settlers considered themselves "Little Russians" (
Krasnodar Territory self-identified as Ukrainian, but this share significantly dropped during the Holodomor.[2]
In the present day, around 82% of the population in
Dnipro river.[3]
Demographics
1897 Census
Based on the
Kuban Oblast, there are a total of 1,918,881 people at the time. Here are the following results based on ethnicity:[4]
| No. | Ethnicity | Tamansky otdel | Yeysky otdel | Yekaterinodarsky otdel | Kavkazsky otdel | Batalpashinsky otdel | Maykopsky otdel | Labinsky otdel | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainians | 75.2% | 73.9% | 51.8% | 45.8% | 27.1% | 31.3% | 18.9% | 47.4% |
| 2 | Russians | 17.1% | 23.6% | 34.2% | 51.1% | 41.9% | 31.3% | 75.2% | 42.6% |
| 3 | Circassians | ... | ... | 8,1% | ... | 5.7% | 4.9% | ... | 2.0% |
| 4 | Karachays | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.5% | ... | ... | 1.4% |
| 5 | Volga Germans | ... | ... | ... | 1.6% | 2.0% | ... | 1.9% | 1.1% |
| 6 | Greeks | 4.0% | ... | 1.4% | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.1% |
| 7 | Armenians | ... | ... | 1.1% | ... | ... | ... | 1.7% | ... |
| 8 | Abkhazians | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3.9% | 2.1% | ... | ... |
| 9 | Nogais | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.7% | ... | ... | ... |
1926 Census
The demographic data for Kuban Okrug in the 1926 Soviet census is as follows:[5]
| No. | Ethnicity | Population | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainians | 915,450 | 62.2 % |
| 2 | Russians | 498,120 | 33.8% |
| 3 | Armenians | 21,023 | 1.4% |
| 4 | Belorussians
|
8,434 | 0.6% |
| 5 | Volga Germans | 7,255 | 0.5% |
| 6 | Others | 22,266 | 1.5% |
| Total | 1,472,548 | 100.0% |
See also
There were other regions with significant Ukrainian population in modern-day Russia, including Yellow Ukraine in Central Asia and Green Ukraine in the Russian Far East.
References
- ^ Романцов В. О. Українці на одвічних землях (XVIII — початок XXI ст.) — К.: Видавництво імені Олени Теліги, 2004. — 200 с. — ISBN 966-7601-40-4
- ^ "The curtailment of Ukrainization in the Kuban". Ukrainska Pravda. August 10, 2022.
- ^ "Национальный состав населения". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". demoscope.ru. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
- ^ "Демоскоп Weekly - Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей". demoscope.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2017-03-17.