Tauric Peninsula

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The Tauric Peninsula is the historical name for the Crimean Peninsula, a strategically important landmass on the northern coast of the Black Sea.

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
peninsula ⓘ
associatedWithAncientPeople Tauri ⓘ
borders Black Sea ⓘ
Sea of Azov ⓘ
connectedBy Isthmus of Perekop ⓘ
connectedTo Ukrainian mainland ⓘ
contains Sevastopol ⓘ
Simferopol ⓘ
Yalta ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean-influenced ⓘ
temperate ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Black Sea ⓘ
Sea of Azov ⓘ
hasDisputedStatus Crimea ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature Crimean Mountains ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole center of Greek colonies in the Black Sea ⓘ
frontier between steppe and maritime civilizations ⓘ
hasKeyPort Sevastopol naval base ⓘ
linked to: Port of Sevastopol
hasMajorEconomicActivities maritime trade ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
hasModernName Crimea ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance control of Black Sea access ⓘ
naval operations in the Black Sea ⓘ
trade routes in the Black Sea ⓘ
historicalNameOf Crimean Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Crimea
knownAs Tauric Chersonese ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese

Taurica ⓘ
locatedIn Black Sea region ⓘ
locatedOn northern coast of the Black Sea ⓘ
namedAfter Tauri ⓘ
partOf Eastern Europe ⓘ
Northern Black Sea coast ⓘ
wasIncorporatedInto Ukrainian SSR in 1954 ⓘ
wasKnownTo Ancient Greeks ⓘ
linked to: Greeks

Ancient Romans ⓘ
linked to: Romans

Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
wasPartOf Russian Empire ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
wasSiteOf Crimean War ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taurica → knownAs → Tauric Peninsula ⓘ
Tauri people → partOf → Tauric Chersonese (in Greek geography) ⓘ
linked to: Tauric Peninsula