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.

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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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Khadjibey partOf Yedisan