With Ukraine in the news, there's plenty of cities, regions and related terms that Americans may not know the history behind. Here's a few with pronunciations from Anton Fedyashin, an associate professor of Russian and Eastern European history at American University.

OBLAST

LUHANSK

With Ukraine in the news, there's plenty of cities, regions and related terms that Americans may not know the history behind. Here's some of them with proper pronunciations from Anton Fedyashin, an associate professor of Russian and Eastern European history at American University.

KYIV

DONETSK

DONBAS

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