Small map titled Vallée du Donets, pres de Slavansk, from wood engraving with fine  detail and clear impression. Overall size approx. 20 x 12 cm, image size approx.  13 x 7 cm. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes, 19 vol. (1875-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Cartographer is Charles Perron.

Sloviansk

Sloviansk (Ukrainian: Слов'я́нськ, romanized: Sloviansk  [slou̯ˈjɑnʲsʲk]; Russian: Славя́нск, romanized: Slavyansk [slɐˈvʲansk] or  Сла́вянск [ˈslavʲɪnsk]; prior to 1784 - Tor) is a city of oblast significance in  Donetsk Oblast, eastern part of Ukraine. It was founded in 1676.

Sloviansk was one of the focal points in the early stages of the 2014  pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine as it was the first city to be seized by  Russia-backed military troops. It was retaken by Ukrainian forces in July 2014.  Sloviansk has a population of 106,972 (2021 est.).