Taurida Oblast

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administrative division of the Russian Empire oblast

Taurida Oblast was an administrative region of the Russian Empire established in the late 18th century to govern the territories of Crimea and adjacent lands after their annexation from the Crimean Khanate.

Aliases (6)

Taurida ×5
Taurida Governorate ×2
Azov Governorate ×1
Greater Yalta region ×1
Taurida (Crimea) ×1
Taurida Governorate of the Russian Empire ×1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division of the Russian Empire → oblast →
administrativeCenter	Simferopol →
borderedBy	Black Sea → Sea of Azov →
capital	Simferopol →
country	Russian Empire →
establishedAsResultOf	annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire → dissolution of the Crimean Khanate →
establishedBy	Catherine II of Russia →
ethnicGroup	Armenians → Crimean Tatars → Germans → Greeks → Russians → Ukrainians →
governmentType	imperial provincial administration →
hasCoastlineOn	Black Sea → Sea of Azov →
historicalEra	Russian imperial era →
historicalRegion	Crimea → Taurida →
includedTerritory	Crimean Peninsula → steppe regions north of Crimea →
languageOfAdministration	Russian →
legalSystem	Russian imperial law →
locatedIn	Crimea → Northern Black Sea region → Southern Ukraine (historical region) →
namedAfter	Crimea → Taurica → Taurida →
partOf	Novorossiya (historical region) → Southern Governorates of the Russian Empire →
precededBy	Crimean Khanate →
religionMajority	Eastern Orthodoxy →
religionMinority	Islam →
replacedBy	Taurida Governorate →
sovereign	Emperor of Russia →
status	defunct administrative unit →
timePeriod	late 18th century →
usedFor	governance of annexed Crimean territories → integration of Crimea into the Russian Empire →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Armyansk ("Taurida") → Battle of the Chernaya ("Taurida Governorate") → Perekop ("Taurida") → Taurida Oblast ("Taurida") →	historicalRegion
Taurida Oblast ("Taurida") → Tauride Palace ("Taurida (Crimea)") →	namedAfter
Crimean Khanate → Giray ("Taurida Governorate of the Russian Empire") →	successorState
guberniya ("Taurida Governorate") →	hasNotableExample
Massandra ("Taurida") →	locatedInHistoricalRegion
Gaspra ("Greater Yalta region") →	partOf
Yekaterinoslav Governorate ("Azov Governorate") →	predecessor