New Russia

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former territory of the Russian Empire geopolitical concept historical region

New Russia is the English name for Novorossiya, a historical region of the Russian Empire in what is now southern Ukraine and neighboring areas, associated with 18th–19th century imperial expansion and colonization.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
New Russia region 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former territory of the Russian Empire ⓘ
geopolitical concept ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Black Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian colonization of the steppe ⓘ
Russian imperial expansion ⓘ
borderedBy Black Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonizedBy Bulgarian colonists ⓘ
German colonists ⓘ
Greek colonists ⓘ
Jewish settlers ⓘ
Russian settlers ⓘ
Serbian colonists ⓘ
Ukrainian settlers ⓘ
countryDuringExistence Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdUnderRuler Catherine the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedFor Black Sea ports NERFINISHED ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
grain exports ⓘ
expandedUnderRuler Alexander I of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Catherine the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicholas I of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Novorossia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Novorossiya NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNameInRussian Новоро́ссия ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
historicalStatus colonial periphery of the Russian Empire ⓘ
frontier region ⓘ
includedCity Dnipro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kherson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mariupol NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mykolaiv NERFINISHED ⓘ
Odessa NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedRegion Bessarabia region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kherson Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Taurida Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yekaterinoslav Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfAdministration Russian ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Moldova NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernPoliticalUse revived as a political concept in the 21st century ⓘ
used in Russian nationalist discourse ⓘ
partOf Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Crimean Khanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zaporizhian Sich NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Crimea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Donbas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Novorossiya (historical) → alternativeName → New Russia ⓘ
Novorossiya Governorate → partOf → New Russia ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Russia region
Mikhail Vorontsov → sphereOfInfluence → New Russia ⓘ