Novorossiya Governorate

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governorate of the Russian Empire historical administrative division

Novorossiya Governorate was a large administrative division of the Russian Empire in the 18th–19th centuries, encompassing parts of present-day southern Ukraine and Moldova as part of the empire’s expansion into the Black Sea region.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Novorossiya Governorate canonical 3
New Russia and Bessarabia Governorate 1
Novorossiysk and Bessarabian Governor-Generalship 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf governorate of the Russian Empire ⓘ
historical administrative division ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Moldova ⓘ
Southern Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: southern Ukraine
borderedBy Black Sea ⓘ
Crimea ⓘ
surface form: Crimean Peninsula
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolved 19th century ⓘ
follows Ottoman Empire frontier territories in the northern Black Sea region ⓘ
territories of the Crimean Khanate ⓘ
governmentType imperial governorate administration ⓘ
hasCapital Kherson ⓘ
Yekaterinoslav ⓘ
hasPart parts of present-day Moldova ⓘ
steppe regions of present-day southern Ukraine ⓘ
territories along the northern Black Sea coast ⓘ
historyOfTopic Russian colonization of the Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ
settlement of the northern Black Sea coast ⓘ
inception 18th century ⓘ
languageUsed Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Black Sea region ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Southern Ukraine ⓘ
surface form: southern Ukraine
namedAfter Novorossiya (historical) ⓘ
surface form: Novorossiya
partOf New Russia ⓘ
surface form: New Russia region

Russian imperial expansion into the Black Sea region ⓘ
southwestern borderlands of the Russian Empire ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
replacedBy Kherson Governorate ⓘ
Taurida Governorate ⓘ
Yekaterinoslav Governorate ⓘ
significantEvent integration of former Ottoman and Crimean Khanate lands into the Russian Empire ⓘ
state-sponsored colonization and settlement of the steppe ⓘ
territoryIncludes Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ⓘ
surface form: Dnipropetrovsk region

Kherson Oblast ⓘ
surface form: Kherson region

Mykolaiv Oblast ⓘ
surface form: Mykolaiv region

Odesa Oblast ⓘ
surface form: Odessa region

Zaporizhzhia Oblast ⓘ
surface form: Zaporizhzhia region

parts of Bessarabia ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
usedFor agricultural development of steppe lands ⓘ
military and strategic control of the Black Sea littoral ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Kherson Governorate → predecessor → Novorossiya Governorate ⓘ
Yekaterinoslav Governorate → predecessor → Novorossiya Governorate ⓘ
Novorossiya (historical) → administrativeUnit → Novorossiya Governorate ⓘ
Novorossiya (historical) → administrativeUnit → Novorossiya Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Russia and Bessarabia Governorate
Novorossiya (historical) → governedBy → Novorossiya Governorate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Novorossiysk and Bessarabian Governor-Generalship