HISTORY OF MARIUPOL

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The heroic defence of Mariupol in the Russo-Ukrainian war of 2022 became symbolic of the Ukrainians` endurance and their willingness to protect their land. Yes, it is their land, since Mariupol is an organic and integral part of the Ukrainian state. So says history, which is the peoples' ultimate residence certificate for their lands.
Typically, it`s the Donetsk region that is the main argument of Putin's theory of fractionation of Ukraine and their interpretation of our state as an artificial entity. All of this despite the fact that the Donetsk miners' strike in the late 1980s and early 1990s was one of the most prominent political factors leading to Ukraine's withdrawal from the USSR and the proclamation, or, more precisely, the restoration of our integrity. The results of the independence referendum in Donbas were very convincing - the Donetsk region was 83.9% in favour, and Luhansk came up just 0.04% short, at 83.86%.
Of course, we both recall how this region's political stance abruptly shifted, resulting in a pro-Russian "Donetsk" president and the industrial areas' inability to oppose Russia's occupation in 2015.
Then maybe that national uprising of the Donbas at the turn of the 1990s was no more than an accidental protrusion, and the wild Donetsk steppe was wild, indeed, up until it was inhabited by the Russian Empress Catherine II?