Novorossiya (historical)

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Novorossiya (historical) was an 18th–19th century imperial Russian frontier region in what is now southern Ukraine and neighboring areas, developed through colonization, military expansion, and the founding of new cities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
imperial Russian frontier region
administrativeUnit Kherson Governorate
Novorossiya Governorate
surface form: New Russia and Bessarabia Governorate

Novorossiya Governorate
Taurida Governorate
Yekaterinoslav Governorate
alternativeName New Russia
Novorossiya (historical)
surface form: Novorossiia
borderedBy Black Sea
Sea of Azov
capital Kherson
Odesa
Yekaterinoslav
colonizationPolicy settlement by Bulgarian colonists
settlement by German colonists
settlement by Greek colonists
settlement by Russian peasants
settlement by Serbian colonists
settlement by Ukrainian peasants
settlement by foreign colonists
country Russian Empire
createdBy Catherine II of Russia
surface form: Catherine the Great

Russian Empire
demographicChange decline of nomadic populations
sedentarization of steppe lands
disestablishedAsTerm late 19th century administrative reforms
economicActivity grain export
livestock raising
port trade
salt production
endTime late 19th century
governedBy Novorossiya Governorate
surface form: Novorossiysk and Bessarabian Governor-Generalship

imperial Russian governors-general
historyEvent Russo-Turkish Wars
annexation of territories from the Crimean Khanate
annexation of territories from the Ottoman Empire
includesTerritoryOf Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
surface form: Dnipro region

Kherson Oblast
surface form: Kherson region

Mykolaiv Oblast
surface form: Mykolaiv region

Odesa Oblast
surface form: Odesa region

Zaporizhzhia Oblast
surface form: Zaporizhzhia region

parts of Crimea
parts of Donetsk region
parts of Luhansk region
languageOfName Russian
legacy influenced urban development of southern Ukraine
left multiethnic composition in region
locatedIn Eastern Europe
Pontic–Caspian steppe
surface form: Pontic steppe

northern Black Sea region
Southern Ukraine
surface form: southern Ukraine
majorCityFounded Kherson
Mariupol
Mykolaiv
Odesa
Yekaterinoslav
namedAfter concept of New Russia
partOf Black Sea Governorate
surface form: Black Sea Governorate system

Russian Empire
Ukrainian lands
precededBy Crimean Khanate
Zaporizhian Sich
relatedConcept Novorossiya (historical) self-linksurface differs
surface form: New Russia (political concept)
relatedTo history of Russian Empire
history of Ukraine
startTime 1760s
strategicRole Black Sea access for Russian Empire
military frontier against Ottoman Empire
timePeriod 18th century
19th century

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dnipro historicalRegion Novorossiya (historical)
Taurida Oblast partOf Novorossiya (historical)
this entity surface form: Novorossiya (historical region)
Southern Ukraine historicallyPartOf Novorossiya (historical)
this entity surface form: Novorossiya
Kherson Governorate partOfHistoricalRegion Novorossiya (historical)
this entity surface form: Novorossiya
Yekaterinoslav Governorate historicalRegion Novorossiya (historical)
this entity surface form: Novorossiya
Novorossiya (historical) alternativeName Novorossiya (historical)
this entity surface form: Novorossiia
Novorossiya (historical) relatedConcept Novorossiya (historical) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: New Russia (political concept)
Southern Governorates of the Russian Empire includedRegion Novorossiya (historical)
this entity surface form: Novorossiya region
Novorossiya Governorate namedAfter Novorossiya (historical)
this entity surface form: Novorossiya
Alexandrovsk historicalRegion Novorossiya (historical)
this entity surface form: Novorossiya
Ochakiv Uyezd partOfHistoricalEntity Novorossiya (historical)
this entity surface form: Novorossiya region of the Russian Empire
Yekaterinoslav partOf Novorossiya (historical)
this entity surface form: Novorossiya region
Vorontsov family governedRegion Novorossiya (historical)
this entity surface form: Novorossiya