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Klyn (Ukrainian: клин, lit.'wedge') is commonly used to refer to various territories historically inhabited by large numbers of Ukrainian people within the modern day Russia.

Klyn may refer to:

  • Zeleny Klyn or Green Ukraine, a territory in the Russian Far East
  • Grey Ukraine or Siryi Klyn, a territory in the Siberia and Northern Kazakhstan
  • Yellow Ukraine or Zhovty Klyn, a territory centered on the middle and lower Volga river
  • Raspberry Ukraine or Malynovyi Klyn, known as the Kuban, a territory in the northwest Caucasus that was majority Ukrainian until the Holodomor and Russification of local Ukrainians

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