Ukrainian oblasts, the autonomous republic and cities with special status, found on the map
Find all 24 oblasts, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the separate cities of Kyiv and Sevastopol. These are Ukraine’s constitutional units, including territory under Russian occupation.
27 to find, 8 a run.
4 rounds, 6 of 8 to pass each. Pass one and its places are yours.
⚔️ Challenge someone to Ukrainian oblasts, the autonomous republic and cities with special status
Every one on the map
Every place listed below can be asked in this game. Places you find in a passed round drop out of your remaining pool.
- Autonomous Republic of Crimea
- Cherkasy
- Chernihiv
- Chernivtsi
- Dnipropetrovsk
- Donetsk
- Ivano-Frankivsk
- Kharkiv
- Kherson
- Khmelnytskyi
- Kirovohrad
- Kyiv
- Kyiv City
- Luhansk
- Lviv
- Mykolaiv
- Odesa
- Poltava
- Rivne
- Sevastopol
- Sumy
- Ternopil
- Vinnytsia
- Volyn
- Zakarpattia
- Zaporizhzhia
- Zhytomyr
What the map tells you about each one
The paragraph the game shows when you find each one. Reading them first is not cheating.
- Vinnytsia
- Vinnytsia Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Vinnytsia. Find it in the southwest, north of the Moldovan border and west of Cherkasy.
- Volyn
- Volyn Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Lutsk. Find it in the northwest, beside Poland and Belarus, west of Rivne.
- Luhansk
- Luhansk Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Luhansk. Find it at the eastern edge beside Russia, east of Donetsk and Kharkiv. War and Russian occupation have displaced regional administration; this map shows constitutional units, not control lines.
- Dnipropetrovsk
- Dnipropetrovsk Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Dnipro. Find it in the southeast around Dnipro, north of Zaporizhzhia.
- Donetsk
- Donetsk Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Donetsk. Find it in the east, south of Luhansk and east of Zaporizhzhia, reaching the Sea of Azov. War and Russian occupation have displaced regional administration; this map shows constitutional units, not control lines.
- Zhytomyr
- Zhytomyr Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Zhytomyr. Find it in the north beside Belarus, between Rivne and Kyiv Oblast.
- Zakarpattia
- Zakarpattia Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Uzhhorod. Find it beyond the Carpathians in the far southwest, beside Slovakia and Hungary.
- Zaporizhzhia
- Zaporizhzhia Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Zaporizhzhia. Find it in the southeast, south of Dnipropetrovsk and west of Donetsk, along the Sea of Azov.
- Ivano-Frankivsk
- Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Ivano-Frankivsk. Find it in the western Carpathians, east of Zakarpattia and south of Lviv.
- Kyiv City
- Kyiv is Ukraine’s capital and a city with special status. Its municipality is a separate map answer from the surrounding Kyiv Oblast.
- Kyiv
- Kyiv Oblast surrounds the separate capital municipality. Its administrative offices are in Kyiv, but the city is not part of the oblast answer.
- Kirovohrad
- Kirovohrad Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Kropyvnytskyi. Find it in the centre, south of Cherkasy and west of Dnipropetrovsk.
- Sevastopol
- Sevastopol is a Ukrainian city with special status, separate from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Russia has occupied both since 2014. This map follows Ukraine’s internationally recognised borders.
- Autonomous Republic of Crimea
- The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is part of Ukraine, with Simferopol as its capital. Sevastopol is a separate Ukrainian administrative unit. Russia has occupied the peninsula since 2014.
- Lviv
- Lviv Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Lviv. Find it in the west beside Poland, north of Ivano-Frankivsk and west of Ternopil.
- Mykolaiv
- Mykolaiv Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Mykolaiv. Find it in the south around the Southern Bug estuary, between Odesa and Kherson.
- Odesa
- Odesa Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Odesa. Find it in the southwest along the Black Sea, beside Moldova and Romania.
- Poltava
- Poltava Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Poltava. Find it east of the middle Dnipro, between Cherkasy and Kharkiv.
- Rivne
- Rivne Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Rivne. Find it in the northwest beside Belarus, between Volyn and Zhytomyr.
- Sumy
- Sumy Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Sumy. Find it in the northeast beside Russia, between Chernihiv and Kharkiv.
- Ternopil
- Ternopil Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Ternopil. Find it in the west, between Lviv and Khmelnytskyi, north of Chernivtsi.
- Kharkiv
- Kharkiv Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Kharkiv. Find it in the northeast beside Russia, south of Sumy and west of Luhansk.
- Kherson
- Kherson Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Kherson. Find it in the south around the lower Dnipro, immediately north of Crimea.
- Khmelnytskyi
- Khmelnytskyi Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Khmelnytskyi. Find it in the west-central interior, between Ternopil and Vinnytsia.
- Cherkasy
- Cherkasy Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Cherkasy. Find it along the middle Dnipro, south of Kyiv Oblast and west of Poltava.
- Chernihiv
- Chernihiv Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Chernihiv. Find it in the north beside Belarus and Russia, east of Kyiv Oblast.
- Chernivtsi
- Chernivtsi Oblast has its historical administrative centre in Chernivtsi. Find it in the southwest beside Romania and Moldova, south of Ternopil.
How this one works
How many oblasts, the autonomous republic and cities with special status are on the map?
27. Every one of them is on the map, and a run asks 8 of them. Pass a round and the places you found in it drop out of the pool, so the next run is what you have left.
What is a round?
A run of 8 questions, and 6 right passes it. 4 rounds cover the whole map, and the counter at the top of the Ukraine page counts the ones behind you. Passing is what banks a round's finds: miss the mark and nothing is taken off the map, so every place that round asked about is still there to be asked again. A round is always the places you have not found yet, and when fewer than five are left it is topped up with a few you have found as review, so the last round is never one or two questions. Three quarters of it passes it.
Can I start the map over?
Yes. "Reset this map" under the counter puts all 27 back in the pool and sets the rounds to zero the moment you press it, so the whole map is there to be found again from nothing. It clears this map only; the other maps of Ukraine keep their progress.
Do I need an account?
No. The game plays in the page, and a guest's progress is kept in their own browser. Signing in carries it between devices and earns XP for a run.
What happens when I get one wrong?
The map names what you actually hit, then lights up the right answer in green and tells you something about the place. Missing one is how most of this map gets learned.
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