Novorossiya (historical)

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Novorossiya (historical) was an 18th–19th century imperial Russian frontier region in what is now southern Ukraine and neighboring areas, developed through colonization, military expansion, and the founding of new cities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
imperial Russian frontier region
administrativeUnit Kherson Governorate
New Russia and Bessarabia Governorate
Novorossiya Governorate
Taurida Governorate
Yekaterinoslav Governorate
alternativeName New Russia
Novorossiia
borderedBy Black Sea
Sea of Azov
capital Kherson
Odesa
Yekaterinoslav
colonizationPolicy settlement by Bulgarian colonists
settlement by German colonists
settlement by Greek colonists
settlement by Russian peasants
settlement by Serbian colonists
settlement by Ukrainian peasants
settlement by foreign colonists
country Russian Empire
createdBy Catherine the Great
Russian Empire
demographicChange decline of nomadic populations
sedentarization of steppe lands
disestablishedAsTerm late 19th century administrative reforms
economicActivity grain export
livestock raising
port trade
salt production
endTime late 19th century
governedBy Novorossiysk and Bessarabian Governor-Generalship
imperial Russian governors-general
historyEvent Russo-Turkish Wars
annexation of territories from the Crimean Khanate
annexation of territories from the Ottoman Empire
includesTerritoryOf Dnipro region
Kherson region
linked to: Kherson Oblast

Mykolaiv region
linked to: Mykolaiv Oblast

Odesa region
linked to: Odesa Oblast

Zaporizhzhia region
linked to: Zaporizhzhia Oblast

parts of Crimea
parts of Donetsk region
parts of Luhansk region
languageOfName Russian
legacy influenced urban development of southern Ukraine
left multiethnic composition in region
locatedIn Eastern Europe
Pontic steppe
northern Black Sea region
southern Ukraine
linked to: Southern Ukraine
majorCityFounded Kherson
Mariupol
Mykolaiv
Odesa
Yekaterinoslav
namedAfter concept of New Russia
partOf Black Sea Governorate system
Russian Empire
Ukrainian lands
precededBy Crimean Khanate
Zaporizhian Sich
relatedConcept New Russia (political concept)
relatedTo history of Russian Empire
history of Ukraine
startTime 1760s
strategicRole Black Sea access for Russian Empire
military frontier against Ottoman Empire
timePeriod 18th century
19th century

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Dnipro historicalRegion Novorossiya (historical)
Taurida Oblast partOf Novorossiya (historical region)
linked to: Novorossiya (historical)
Southern Ukraine historicallyPartOf Novorossiya
linked to: Novorossiya (historical)
Kherson Governorate partOfHistoricalRegion Novorossiya
linked to: Novorossiya (historical)
Yekaterinoslav Governorate historicalRegion Novorossiya
linked to: Novorossiya (historical)
Novorossiya (historical) alternativeName Novorossiia
linked to: Novorossiya (historical)
Novorossiya (historical) relatedConcept New Russia (political concept)
linked to: Novorossiya (historical)
Southern Governorates of the Russian Empire includedRegion Novorossiya region
linked to: Novorossiya (historical)
Novorossiya Governorate namedAfter Novorossiya
linked to: Novorossiya (historical)
Alexandrovsk historicalRegion Novorossiya
linked to: Novorossiya (historical)
Ochakiv Uyezd partOfHistoricalEntity Novorossiya region of the Russian Empire
linked to: Novorossiya (historical)
Yekaterinoslav partOf Novorossiya region
linked to: Novorossiya (historical)
Vorontsov family governedRegion Novorossiya
linked to: Novorossiya (historical)