Donetsk People's Republic

English Etymology en ru Доне́цкая Наро́дная Респу́блика and/or en uk Донецька народна республіка 1. Proper noun 1 Donetsk People's Republic A Russian-backed, partially-recognized secessionist state proclaimed in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on 7 April 2014. It was later unilaterally annexed by Russia on 30 September 2022. en April 7 2014 w:Stefan Wolff; Tatyana Malyarenko Ukraine veers closer to collapse as activists in Donetsk proclaim ‘people’s republic’ http://theconversation.com/ukraine-veers-closer-to-collapse-as-activists-in-donetsk-proclaim-peoples-republic-25351 The Conversation Ukraine appears to be heading towards another crisis. Protests in the eastern cities of Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk have turned violent and pro-Russian protesters occupied government buildings, calling for a referendum on independence. In Donetsk, in an eerie echo of events in Crimea, separatists went one step further and have now proclaimed their own independent Donetsk People’s Republic and asked Russia for support. https://web.archive.org/web/20250907092533/https://theconversation.com/ukraine-veers-closer-to-collapse-as-activists-in-donetsk-proclaim-peoples-republic-25351 7 September 2025 en February 7 2015 Tom Parfitt Ukraine crisis: No breakthrough in talks between Hollande, Merkel and Putin http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11397591/Ukraine-crisis-No-breakthrough-in-talks-between-Hollande-Merkel-and-Putin.html w:The Daily Telegraph Meanwhile, members of parliament in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine passed a resolution on Friday saying the territory was the legitimate successor to the Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Republic, a short-lived independent territory founded in 1918 by a close associate of Joseph Stalin. https://web.archive.org/web/20251123065854/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11397591/Ukraine-crisis-No-breakthrough-in-talks-between-Hollande-Merkel-and-Putin.html 23 November 2025 2015 April 10th, Interfax-Ukraine, “Russian-supported militants guarantee safety of Malaysian criminologists at Boeing crash site” in the Kyiv Post: The Defense Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic will guarantee the safety of the Malaysian criminologists scheduled to work at the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site. Synonyms en DPR Hypernyms en Donbass Donbas Donets Coordinate terms en LPR Luhansk People's Republic Derived terms en DPR Translations secessionist state in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine Abkhaz: ab Донецктәи Жәлартә Республика Afrikaans: af Volksrepubliek Donetsk Albanian: sq Republika Popullore e Doneckut f Arabic: ar جُمْهُورِيَّة دُونِيتْسْك الشَّعْبِيَّة jumhūriyyat donetsk aš-šaʕbiyya Aragonese: an Republica Popular de Donetsk Armenian: hy Դոնեցկի Ժողովրդական Հանրապետություն Azerbaijani: az Donetsk Xalq Respublikası Bashkir: ba Донецк Халыҡ Республикаһы Basque: eu Donetskeko Herri Errepublika Belarusian: be Дане́цкая Наро́дная Рэспу́бліка f Bengali: bn গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী দোনেৎস্ক Bihari: bh दोनेत्स्क पीपल्स रिपब्लिक Breton: br Republik Pobl Donetsk f Carpathian Rusyn: rue Донецка Людова Република f Catalan: ca República Popular de Donetsk Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 頓涅茨克人民共和國 Dùnniècíkè Rénmín Gònghéguó Chuvash: cv Донецк Халӑх Республики Crimean Tatar: crh Донецк Халкъ Джумхуриети, crh Donetsk Halq Cumhuriyeti Czech: cs Doněcká lidová republika f Danish: da Folkerepublikken Donetsk Dutch: nl Volksrepubliek Donetsk f Esperanto: eo Popola Respubliko de Donecko Estonian: et Donetski Rahvavabariik Finnish: fi Donetskin kansantasavalta French: fr République populaire de Donetsk f Galician: gl República Popular de Donetsk f Georgian: ka დონეცკის სახალხო რესპუბლიკა German: de Volksrepublik Donezk f Greek: el Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Ντονέτσκ f Hebrew: he הרפובליקה העממית של דונצק Hindi: hi डोनेट्स्क पीपुल्स रिपब्लिक Hungarian: hu Donyecki Népköztársaság Icelandic: is Alþýðulýðveldið Donetsk Indonesian: id Republik Rakyat Donetsk Italian: it Repubblica Popolare di Doneck f Japanese: ja ドネツク人民共和国 Donetsuku jinmin kyōwakoku Kazakh: kk Донецк Халық Республикасы Korean: ko 도네츠크 인민공화국 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb کۆماری گەلی دۆنێتسک Northern Kurdish: kmr Komara Gel a Donetskê Kyrgyz: ky Донецк Эл Республикасы Limburgish: li Volksrepubliek Donetsk Lithuanian: lt Donecko Liaudies Respublika f Lombard: lmo Republega Popolar de Doneck f Macedonian: mk Донечка Народна Република f Malagasy: mg Repoblika Entim-Bahoakan' i Donetsk Malay: ms Republik Rakyat Donetsk Malayalam: ml ഡൊനെറ്റ്സ്ക് പീപ്പിൾസ് റിപ്പബ്ലിക് Mari: Eastern Mari: mhr Донецк Калык Республик Mingrelian: xmf დონეცკიშ ოაკთე რესპუბლიკა Mongolian: mn Донецкийн бүгд найрамдах улс Nahuatl: nah Tlācatlahtocāyōtl Āltepēhuahcāyōtl Donetsk Norwegian: no Folkerepublikken Donetsk Ossetian: os Донецчы Адӕмон Республикӕ Pashto: ps د ډونيټسک د خلکو جمهوريت Persian: fa جمهوری خلق دونتسک Polish: pl Doniecka Republika Ludowa f Portuguese: pt República Popular de Donetsk f Punjabi: pa دونیتسک عوامی لوکراج Romanian: ro Republica Populară Donețk f Russian: ru Доне́цкая Наро́дная Респу́блика f Sardinian: sc Repùblica Populare de Doneck Scots: sco Donetsk Fowkrepublic Serbo-Croatian: sh Donjecka Narodna Republika f, sh Доњецка Народна Република f Sicilian: scn Ripùbbrica Pòpulari di Donetsk f Slovak: sk Donecká ľudová republika f Slovene: sl Doneška ljudska republika f Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: hsb Donjecka ludowa republika f Spanish: es República Popular de Donetsk f Swedish: sv Folkrepubliken Donetsk Tajik: tg Ҷумҳурии Халқии Донетск Tamil: ta தனியெத்சுக் மக்கள் குடியரசு Tatar: tt Донецк Халык Республикасы Thai: th สาธารณรัฐประชาชนดอแนตสก์ Turkish: tr Donetsk Halk Cumhuriyeti Ukrainian: uk Доне́цька Наро́дна Респу́бліка f Urdu: ur دونیتسک عوامی جمہوریہ Uzbek: uz Donetsk Xalq Respublikasi, uz Донецк Халқ Республикаси Veps: vep Doneckan Rahvahaline Tazovaldkund Vietnamese: vi Cộng hòa Nhân dân Donetsk Welsh: cy Gweriniaeth Pobl Donetsk f Western Armenian: hyw Տոնեցքի Ժողովրդական Հանրապետութիւն Yakut: sah Донецк Дьон Республиката Yiddish: yi דאנעצקער מענטשנ'ס רעפובליק See also en Crimea Belgorod Novorossiya Further reading Donetsk People's Republic Donetsk People’s Republic en Nationalism Places in Ukraine Ukraine