Taurida Oblast: Difference between revisions

| name conventional_long_name = Taurida Oblast

| native_name = {{nobold|Таврическая область}}

| native_name_lang = ru

| p1 = Crimean Khanate

| flag_p1 = Giray tamga grayscale.svg

| s1 = Novorossiya Governorate

| flag_s1 = Flag of Russia.svg

| political_subdiv = [[Uyezds]]

| image_map = File:Map of Taurida Oblast 1792 (small atlas).jpg

| image_map_size image_map_alt = 220px

| year_start = 1784

| date_start = 13 February

| year_end = 1796

| date_end = 12 December

| subdivision = [[Oblasts of the Russian Empire|Oblast]]

| nation = the [[Russian Empire]]

| stat_area1 =

| title_leader =

| leader1 = [[Mikhail Kakhovsky]]

| leader2 = [[Semen Zhegulin]]

'''Taurida Oblast''' ({{lang-ru|Таврическая область}}, ''|Tavricheskaya oblast′''oblast}}) was an administrative-territorial unit (''[[oblast]] (province'') of the [[Russian Empire]]. It roughly corresponded to most of the [[Crimean Peninsula]] and parts of the [[Southern Ukraine]] regions.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aoyagi |first=William Shurtleff; Akiko |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8M2EAAAQBAJ&dq=Taurida+Oblast&pg=PA113 |title=History of the Use of Soybean Plants as Forage for Livestock (510 CE to 2021): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook |date=2021-07-04 |publisher=Soyinfo Center |isbn=978-1-948436-43-4 |language=en}}</ref> It was created out of territories of the [[Crimean Khanate]], which Russia [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire|annexed]] in 1783.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Essential Information About the Contested Region of Crimea |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/geography-of-crimea-1435676 |access-date=2023-03-11 |website=ThoughtCo |language=en}}</ref> In 1796 it was merged into the [[Novorossiya Governorate]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Palko |first1=Olena |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CsdwEAAAQBAJ&dq=Taurida+Oblast&pg=PA240 |title=Making Ukraine: Negotiating, Contesting, and Drawing the Borders in the Twentieth Century |last2=Ardeleanu |first2=Constantin |date=2022-05-15 |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |isbn=978-0-2280-1333-4 |language=en}}</ref> The name ''Taurida'' comes from the old Greek name for the area, ''Tauris'', as in ancient times several [[List of ancient Greek cities|Greek city-states]] had developed colonial outposts in the area.<ref name=":2" />

The oblast was created under the Imperial ukase of 13 February 1784 signed by [[Catherine the Great]].<ref name=":0" /> The administrative seat of the region was declared the city of [[Simferopol]].<ref name=":0" /> Before 1784, [[Belogorsk (Crimea)|Qarasuvbazar]] served as a temporary administrative center.{{Cn|date=March 2023}}

* Levkopol county – centered in Levkopol ([[FeodosiyaStaryi Krym]])

In 1787 Levkopol and Levkopol county were renamed into Feodosiya county and Feodosiyaits countycenter respectfullywas moved to Feodosiya. In 1791 an administrative seat of Melitopol county was moved to Great [[Tokmak, Ukraine|Tokmak]].

On 12 December 1796 the oblast was abolished, its territory was redivided into two counties (Aqmescit (former Simferopol) and Perekop) and passed to the [[Novorossiya Governorate]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=HALL |first=M. CLEMENT |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iIuUBgAAQBAJ&dq=Taurida+Oblast&pg=PA34 |title=THE CRIMEA. A VERY SHORT HISTORY |date=Mar 2014 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-1-304-97576-8 |language=en}}</ref> The city of Simferopol name was changed to Aqmescit.