Taurida Oblast (Russian: Таврическая область, romanized: Tavricheskaya oblast) was an administrative-territorial unit (oblast) of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of the Crimean Peninsula and parts of the Southern Ukraine regions.[1] It was created out of territories of the Crimean Khanate, which Russia annexed from the Ottoman Empire] in 1783.[2] In 1796 it was merged into the Novorossiya Governorate.[3] The name Taurida comes from the old Greek name for the area, Tauris, as in ancient times several Greek city-states had developed colonial outposts in the area.[3]
| Taurida Oblast Таврическая область | |||||||||
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| Oblast of the Russian Empire | |||||||||
| 1784–1796 | |||||||||
 Coat of arms
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.jpg) Map of Taurida Oblast in 1792 | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 13 February 1784 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 12 December 1796 | ||||||||
| Political subdivisions | Uyezds | ||||||||
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The oblast was created under the Imperial ukase of February 1784 signed by Catherine the Great.[2] The administrative seat of the region was declared the city of Simferopol.[2] Before 1784, Qarasuvbazar served as a temporary administrative center.[citation needed]
Administrative structure
editThe oblast was divided into seven counties (uyezd).
- Dnieper county – centered in Aleshki (Oleshky)
- Levkopol county – centered in Levkopol (Staryi Krym)
- Melitopol county – centered in Melitopol (since 1791 in Great Tokmak)
- Perekop county – centered in Perekop
- Phanagoria (Tmutarakan) county – centered in Phanagoria
- Simferopol county – centered in Simferopol
- Yevpatoria county – centered in Yevpatoriya.
In 1787 Levkopol county were renamed into Feodosiya county and its center was moved to Feodosiya. In 1791 an administrative seat of Melitopol county was moved to Great Tokmak.
On 12 December 1796 the oblast was abolished, its territory was redivided into two counties (Aqmescit (former Simferopol) and Perekop) and passed to the Novorossiya Governorate.[4] The city of Simferopol name was changed to Aqmescit.
References
edit- ^ Aoyagi, William Shurtleff; Akiko (2021-07-04). History of the Use of Soybean Plants as Forage for Livestock (510 CE to 2021): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook. Soyinfo Center. ISBN 978-1-948436-43-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c "Essential Information About the Contested Region of Crimea". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
- ^ a b Palko, Olena; Ardeleanu, Constantin (2022-05-15). Making Ukraine: Negotiating, Contesting, and Drawing the Borders in the Twentieth Century. McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 978-0-2280-1333-4.
- ^ HALL, M. CLEMENT (Mar 2014). THE CRIMEA. A VERY SHORT HISTORY. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-304-97576-8.
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