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Tag Archives: Black Sea
Crimea
CRIMEA KRYM; Krim (Tk). Peninsula in the northern Black Sea, called by the ancient Greeks Chersonesus Taurica, the peninsula of the Tauri (the people living there). The southern shores of the peninsula were colonised intermittently by Greeks and Byzantines, the northern lands were … Continue reading
Cetatea Albă
CETATEA ALBĂ The easternmost judeţ (county) in inter-war Romania, bounded by the Dniester to the north and the Black Sea to the east. It had earlier belonged to the Ottoman district of Bujak and the Russian province of Bessarabia, and … Continue reading
Posted in Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Tagged Bessarabia, Black Sea, Dniester, Ottoman Empire
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Bujak
BUJAK BUDZHAK (Rus and Ukr); BUGEAC (Rum); Bucak (Tk). Region on the Black Sea coast, now in Ukraine, lying between the lowest course of the Danube, including its delta, and the estuary of the Dniester. It was part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Tagged Black Sea, Bujak, Danube, Dniester, Ottoman Empire, Soviet Union, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
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Black Sea Province/District
BLACK SEA PROVINCE/DISTRICT CHERNOMORSKAYA. A strip of territory in the Russian Empire between the Black Sea and the northwestern Caucasus, extending from the region around Anapa and Novorossiysk southeastwards to the borders of Abkhazia. The region had been subject to … Continue reading
Posted in Russia, Turkey
Tagged Anapa, Black Sea, Caucasus, Krasnodar Krai, Novorossiysk, Ottoman Empire, Treaty of Adrianople
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Bithynia
BITHYNIA Ancient district in northwest Asia Minor, east of the Bosphorus and on the southwestern shores of the Black Sea.
Azov
AZOV 18th century Russian province, named after a town on the outflow of the River Don into the Sea of Azov, the northeastern arm of the Black Sea. The original settlement, the Greek Tanais, was not far away. The Grand … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Russia, Turkey
Tagged Azov, Black Sea, Rostov, Russian Navy, Sea of Azov
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Anatolikon
ANATOLIKON Byzantine theme in central and southeastern Anatolia, probably from the reign of Constans II (641-68), at first a military zone but later in charge of civil matters as well, so the equivalent of a province. During the second quarter … Continue reading
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Tagged Amorium, ANATOLIA, Anatolic Theme, Black Sea, Byzantine Empire, Cappadocia, Cilicia, Cilician Gates
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Adzharia
ADZHARIA Adjaria; Ajaria. Autonomous Republic in southwestern Georgia; capital Batumi. It lies at the western end of the Lesser Caucasus, on the eastern shores of the Black Sea, and bordering on Turkey. The region, on the edge of the Byzantine … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Sea, Byzantine Empire, Lesser Caucasus, Ottoman Empire
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