Novorossiya Governorate

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Novorossiya Governorate was a large administrative division of the Russian Empire in the 18th–19th centuries, encompassing parts of present-day southern Ukraine and Moldova as part of the empire’s expansion into the Black Sea region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governorate of the Russian Empire ⓘ
historical administrative division ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Moldova ⓘ
southern Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ukraine
borderedBy Black Sea ⓘ
Crimean Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Crimea
country Russian Empire ⓘ
dissolved 19th century ⓘ
follows Ottoman Empire frontier territories in the northern Black Sea region ⓘ
territories of the Crimean Khanate ⓘ
governmentType imperial governorate administration ⓘ
hasCapital Kherson ⓘ
Yekaterinoslav ⓘ
hasPart parts of present-day Moldova ⓘ
steppe regions of present-day southern Ukraine ⓘ
territories along the northern Black Sea coast ⓘ
historyOfTopic Russian colonization of the Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ
settlement of the northern Black Sea coast ⓘ
inception 18th century ⓘ
languageUsed Russian ⓘ
locatedIn Black Sea region ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Moldova ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
southern Ukraine ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ukraine
namedAfter Novorossiya ⓘ
partOf New Russia region ⓘ
linked to: New Russia

Russian imperial expansion into the Black Sea region ⓘ
southwestern borderlands of the Russian Empire ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
replacedBy Kherson Governorate ⓘ
Taurida Governorate ⓘ
Yekaterinoslav Governorate ⓘ
significantEvent integration of former Ottoman and Crimean Khanate lands into the Russian Empire ⓘ
state-sponsored colonization and settlement of the steppe ⓘ
territoryIncludes Dnipropetrovsk region ⓘ
Kherson region ⓘ
linked to: Kherson Oblast

Mykolaiv region ⓘ
linked to: Mykolaiv Oblast

Odessa region ⓘ
linked to: Odesa Oblast

Zaporizhzhia region ⓘ
linked to: Zaporizhzhia Oblast

parts of Bessarabia ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
usedFor agricultural development of steppe lands ⓘ
military and strategic control of the Black Sea littoral ⓘ

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Kherson Governorate → predecessor → Novorossiya Governorate ⓘ
Yekaterinoslav Governorate → predecessor → Novorossiya Governorate ⓘ
Novorossiya (historical) → administrativeUnit → Novorossiya Governorate ⓘ
Novorossiya (historical) → administrativeUnit → New Russia and Bessarabia Governorate ⓘ
linked to: Novorossiya Governorate
Novorossiya (historical) → governedBy → Novorossiysk and Bessarabian Governor-Generalship ⓘ
linked to: Novorossiya Governorate