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{{Short description|
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Taurida Governorate
| native_name = Таврическая
| native_name_lang = ru
| settlement_type = [[Governorate (Russia)|Governorate]]
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| established_date = 1802
| extinct_title = Abolished
| extinct_date =
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = [[Simferopol]]
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{{Crimean Tatars}}
Today the territory of the governorate is part of the [[Autonomous Republic of Crimea]], [[Kherson Oblast|Kherson]] and [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast]]s of [[Ukraine]], which were annexed by Russia but remain internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.<ref name="Reuters">
{{cite web
|last=Gutterman
|first=Steve |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-idUSBREA1Q1E820140318
|title=Putin signs Crimea treaty, will not seize other Ukraine regions
|publisher=Reuters.com
|access-date=26 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="Ukraine crisis timeline BBC">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-26248275 Ukraine crisis timeline], [[BBC News]]</ref><ref name="CCTV UNR C=U">[http://english.cntv.cn/2014/03/28/ARTI1395947928472439.shtml UN General Assembly adopts resolution affirming Ukraine's territorial integrity], [[China Central Television]] (28 March 2014)</ref>
== History ==▼
{{further|History of Crimea}}▼
In 1783, the [[Khanate of Crimea]] was annexed by [[Catherine II of Russia|Catherine the Great]]’s [[Imperial Russia|Russia]]. Soon after
Following the 1917 [[October Revolution]], the ethnic Tatar government proclaimed the [[Crimean People's Republic]] on December 13, 1917, which was the first Muslim Democratic state. The Tatar republic covered the peninsular portion of the former governorate, while its northern counties ended up temporarily under jurisdiction of the [[Yekaterinoslav Governorate]]. However neither Ukraine nor the Crimea managed to hold on to their territories and were overrun by [[Bolshevik]] [[Red Guards (Russia)|Red Guards]] in the winter of 1917-18. Briefly in early 1918 the bolsheviks split the governorate territories between the [[Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic]] and the [[Donetsk-Krivoi Rog Soviet Republic]] before being overrun by the forces of the [[Ukrainian People's Republic]] with military assistance from the [[German Empire]].▼
==Geography==▼
The governorate bordered [[Yekaterinoslav Governorate]] and [[Kherson Governorate]] to its north. The [[Strait of Kerch]] bordered the ''Free lands of the [[Don Cossacks]]''. It has natural borders, being surrounded by the waters of the [[Black Sea]] and the [[Sea of Azov]].▼
The mainland and the peninsular parts of the region differ significantly.▼
The total area of the governorate was {{convert|63538|km2|abbr=on}} of which the mainland portion consisted of {{convert|38405|km2|abbr=on}} and is largely [[chernozem|black earth]] [[steppe]] land. The population of the whole region was 1,634,700 in 1906. At that time, the mainland part of the governorate was mostly populated by [[Ukrainians]] and [[Russians]] but had significant [[ethnic group|ethnic]] minorities of [[Germany|Germans]], [[Bulgarians]], [[Armenians]] and [[Jews]], while major ethnic groups of the Crimean peninsula were [[Crimean Tatars]] and [[Russians]] with [[Germans|German]], [[Greeks|Greek]], [[Polish people|Poles]], Armenian, and [[Crimean Karaites|Karaim]] minorities. Major urban centres were [[Simferopol]], [[Sevastopol]], [[Feodosia|Theodosia]], [[Bakhchisaray]], and [[Yalta]] in Crimea, and Aleshki, [[Berdyansk]], and [[Melitopol]] on the mainland.<ref name=EB1911/>▼
== Administrative divisions ==▼
[[File:Taurida Governornate Map.jpg|thumb|Taurida Governorate Map]]
▲==Administrative divisions==
▲The governorate comprised three counties ([[uyezd]]s) on the mainland:
* [[Berdyansky Uyezd]], centred in [[Berdyansk]]
* [[Dneprovsky Uyezd]], [[Oleshky]]
* [[Melitopolsky Uyezd]], [[Melitopol]]
and five counties
* [[Yevpatoriysky Uyezd]], [[Yevpatoria]]
* [[Perekopsky Uyezd]], [[Perekop]]
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* City of [[Sevastopol]]
Before 1820 the governorate consisted of seven counties, including [[Tmutarakan
In December 1917 the [[
On
After occupation of Ukraine by Bolsheviks during the [[Ukrainian–Soviet War]], the Taurida Governorate became finally split between Russian soviet republics of the Donetsk-Krivoi Rog Soviet Republic and Taurida Socialist Republic of Soviets.
▲==Geography==
▲The governorate bordered [[Yekaterinoslav Governorate]] and [[Kherson Governorate]] to its north. The [[Strait of Kerch]] bordered the ''Free lands of the [[Don Cossacks]]''. It has natural borders, being surrounded by the waters of the [[Black Sea]] and the [[Sea of Azov]].
▲The mainland and the peninsular parts of the region differ significantly.
▲The total area of the governorate was {{convert|63538|km2|abbr=on}} of which the mainland portion consisted of {{convert|38405|km2|abbr=on}} and is largely [[chernozem|black earth]] [[steppe]] land. The population of the whole region was 1,634,700 in 1906. At that time, the mainland part of the governorate was mostly populated by [[Ukrainians]] and [[Russians]] but had significant [[ethnic group|ethnic]] minorities of [[Germany|Germans]], [[Bulgarians]], [[Armenians]] and [[Jews]], while major ethnic groups of the Crimean peninsula were [[Crimean Tatars]] and [[Russians]] with [[Germans|German]], [[Greeks|Greek]], [[Polish people|Poles]], Armenian, and [[Crimean Karaites|Karaim]] minorities. Major urban centres were [[Simferopol]], [[Sevastopol]], [[Feodosia|Theodosia]], [[Bakhchisaray]], and [[Yalta]] in Crimea, and Aleshki, [[Berdyansk]], and [[Melitopol]] on the mainland.<ref name=EB1911/>
==Language==
[[File:Gub Tavria ethno 1897.jpg|thumb|right|The linguistic composition of the [[uyezd]]s (''povits'') of Taurida in 1897. Ukrainians in yellow, Russians in red, Crimean Tatars in green, Germans in gray, Yiddish speakers in blue, and others in purple. {{in lang|uk}}]]
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==Religion==
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|Other<ref>Religions, number of believers which in all gubernia were less than 1,000</ref> ([[Protestant Reformation|Reformators]], [[Anglicans]], [[Baptists]], [[Spiritual Christians]], others)
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▲==History==
▲{{further|History of Crimea}}
▲In 1783, the [[Khanate of Crimea]] was annexed by [[Catherine II of Russia|Catherine the Great]]’s [[Imperial Russia|Russia]]. Soon after this the [[Taurida Oblast]] was established. During the reign of [[Paul I of Russia|Paul I]] the oblast was abolished, but soon (in 1802) re-established as a [[governorate]] (guberniya). It was a part of the Russian Empire until the Russian Revolution of 1918.
▲Following the 1917 [[October Revolution]], the ethnic Tatar government proclaimed the [[Crimean People's Republic]] on December 13, 1917, which was the first Muslim Democratic state. The Tatar republic covered the peninsular portion of the former governorate, while its northern counties ended up temporarily under jurisdiction of the [[Yekaterinoslav Governorate]]. However neither Ukraine nor the Crimea managed to hold on to their territories and were overrun by [[Bolshevik]] [[Red Guards (Russia)|Red Guards]] in the winter of 1917-18. Briefly in early 1918 the bolsheviks split the governorate territories between the [[Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic]] and the [[Donetsk-Krivoi Rog Soviet Republic]] before being overrun by the forces of the [[Ukrainian People's Republic]] with military assistance from the [[German Empire]].
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