The southern steppes and the area of Kuban (south of the Don river and east of the Sea of Azov) were settled by Ukrainian is Kozak times (see map here). The Kherson region is part of Ukraine proper, while Kuban was made a part of the Russian Federation.

Херсон (Причорномор’я):  Kherson region (Prychornomorya/Black Sea region)

Кубань:  Kuban

A proposal submitted by the Ukrainian delegation for the borders of a modern Ukraine at the

Paris Peace conference of 1919; Kuban (“Kouban”) is in the lower right.

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