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    Taurida Governorate - Wikipedia

    • Taurida Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire. It included the territory of the Crimean Peninsula and the mainland between the lower Dnieper River with the coasts of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. It formed after the Taurida Oblast was abolished in 1802 during Paul I's administrative reform of the territories of t… See more

    History

    In 1783, the Khanate of Crimea was annexed from the Ottoman Empire by Catherine the Great’s Russia. Soon after, Taurida Oblast was established. During the reign of Paul I the oblast was abolished, but in 1802 re-… See more

    Geography

    The governorate bordered Yekaterinoslav Governorate and Kherson Governorate to its north. The Strait of Kerch bordered the Free lands of the Don Cossacks. It has natural borders, being surrounded by the waters of the … See more

    Established1802
    Abolished1918
    CapitalSimferopol
    Administrative divisions

    The governorate comprised three counties (uyezds) on the mainland:
    Berdyansky Uyezd, centred in Berdyansk
    Dneprovsky Uyezd, Oleshky
    Melitopolsky Uyezd, MelitopolSee more

    Religion

    By the Imperial census of 1897 there were around 1,100,000 Eastern Orthodox followers, just over 30,000 Catholic, around 70,000 Protestant Christians and about the same number of Judaic followers. Only 13% of pop… See more

    Further reading

    • William Henry Beable (1919), "Governments or Provinces of the Former Russian Empire: Taurida", Russian Gazetteer and Guide, London: Russian Outlook – via Open Library See more

     
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