Yedisan
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Yedisan was a historical region of the northern Black Sea steppe, located in what is now southern Ukraine and Moldova, known for its strategic position between the Dniester and Bug rivers and its role as a frontier zone between empires.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographic region
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribe | Yedisan Nogais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedByRiver |
Dniester River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Bug River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Crimean Khanate
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nogai Horde NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryToday |
Moldova
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupHistoricallyPresent |
Armenians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Moldavians NERFINISHED ⓘ Nogais NERFINISHED ⓘ Russians NERFINISHED ⓘ Tatars NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukrainians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoastOn | Black Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalFunction |
Military frontier
ⓘ
Pastoral steppe zone ⓘ Trade corridor ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
18th century
ⓘ
Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form:
Early modern period
|
| historicalStatus | no longer an administrative unit ⓘ |
| incorporatedInto | Russian Empire in late 18th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Cossack activity
ⓘ
fertile chernozem soils ⓘ nomadic pastoralism ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Turkic languages ⓘ |
| locatedBetween | Dniester River and Southern Bug River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Moldova
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Black Sea steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorCityTodayOnTerritory |
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mykolaiv NERFINISHED ⓘ Odesa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiraspol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Northern Black Sea region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pontic–Caspian steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentIn | historical maps of Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| previouslyPartOf | Ottoman Eyalet of Silistra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | steppe ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
Control of Black Sea access and steppe routes
ⓘ
Frontier zone between empires ⓘ |
| wasFrontierBetween |
Ottoman Empire and Russian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Ottoman sphere ⓘ |
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