Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)<p>Self-proclaimed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Donetsk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Donetsk</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lugansk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lugansk</span></a> People's Republics said they were independent for eight years, until October 2022. Retrospective article explaining beginning, peak, and end of their <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>independence</span></a> claims in plain English: <a href="https://polgeonow.com/2023/03/lugansk-donetsk-give-up-independence.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">polgeonow.com/2023/03/lugansk-</span><span class="invisible">donetsk-give-up-independence.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/defacto" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>defacto</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/defactostates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>defactostates</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/geographyteacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>geographyteacher</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/separatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>separatism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Luhansk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Luhansk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Donbas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Donbas</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/parastates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>parastates</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/protostates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>protostates</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/statehood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>statehood</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geography" class="u-url mention">@<span>geography</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.lawprofs.org/@PIL" class="u-url mention">@<span>PIL</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/politicalscience" class="u-url mention">@<span>politicalscience</span></a></span></p>