Yellow Ukraine, in Ukrainian Zhovtyi Klyn or Yellow Wedge, is a historical territory with significant Ukrainian settlement in the Volga Region. Its settlement began soon after the Pereiaslav agreement, when it served as the eastern border of the second Zasechnaya Cherta, the fortified line. The name refers to the yellow color of the steppes on the middle and lower Volga. The colonies co-existed with the Volga Cossacks and colonists settled mainly around the city of Saratov. Besides Ukrainians, Volga Germans and Mordovians also migrated there in numbers. As of 2014 most of the population is mixed, though a few pure Ukrainian villages remain. It is one of several colour-named Ukrainian settlement areas, alongside Green, Grey and Pink Ukraine.
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is a historical territory with significant Ukrainian settlement in Volga Region
Part Of: Russia, Categories
Ukrainian diaspora in Russia
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in central and southern European Russia
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