Taurida Governorate

Taurida Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire. It included the territory of the Crimean Peninsula and the mainland between the lower Dnieper River with the coasts of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov. It formed after Taurida Oblast was abolished in 1802 during the course of Paul I's administrative reform of the territories of the former Crimean Khanate which were annexed by Russia in 1783. The governorate's centre was the city of Simferopol. The name of the province was derived from Taurida (Greek: Ταυρική), a historical name for Crimea.

Taurida Governorate
Таврическая губерния
Location in the Russian Empire
CountryRussian Empire
Established1802
Abolished1921
CapitalSimferopol
Area
  Total63,538 km2 (24,532 sq mi)
Highest elevation1,545 m (5,069 ft)
Population
 (1897)
  Total1,447,790
  Density23/km2 (59/sq mi)
  Urban
19.98%
  Rural
80.02%

Today the territory of the governorate is part of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts of Ukraine, which were annexed by Russia but remain internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.

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