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