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22-621: Prymorsk was a settlement in Taurida Governorate of the Russian Empire , originally known as Nohaisk ( Ukrainian : Ногайськ ) after the Turkic Nogai people who lived in the area until the nineteenth century. In 1923, Nohaisk became the center of Nohaisk Raion . In 1938, Nohaisk became an urban-type settlement. In 1964, Prymorsk received its modern name, along with Nohaisk Raion being renamed to Prymorsk Raion. In 1967, Prymorsk became

44-489: A city of regional significance ; while it still served as the administrative center of the raion, it was no longer subordinate to it, instead being subordinate directly to Zaporizhzhia Oblast within the Ukrainian SSR . In 1974 the population was 11.9 thousand people. In January 1989 the population was 13 965 people. Prymorsk Raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced

66-468: A huge area of the southern Ukraine. Officially, the new governorate was created as Ekaterinoslav Governorate in 1802 and subdivided into the following uyezds with centres in: List of okruhas of Ukraine upon the dissolution of the Governorate: The governorate's population, a majority of peasants, was 662,000 in 1811, 902,400 in 1851, 1,204,800 in 1863, and 1,792,800 in 1885. From the second half of

88-615: Is part of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts of Ukraine , which were annexed by Russia after their 2022 invasion , but remain internationally recognized as part of Ukraine. In 1783, the Khanate of Crimea was annexed from the Ottoman Empire by Catherine the Great ’s Russia . Soon after, Taurida Oblast was established. During the reign of Paul I

110-699: The German Empire . The governorate bordered Yekaterinoslav Governorate and Kherson Governorate to its north. The Strait of Kerch bordered the Free lands of the Don Cossacks . It has natural borders, being surrounded by the waters of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov . The mainland and the peninsular parts of the region differ significantly. The total area of the governorate was 63,538 km (24,532 sq mi) of which

132-461: The Taurida Oblast was abolished in 1802 during Paul I's administrative reform of the territories of the former Crimean Khanate , which were annexed by Russia from the Ottoman Empire 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. Today the territory of the governorate

154-600: The Ukrainian–Soviet War , the Taurida Governorate became finally split between Russian soviet republics of the Donetsk-Krivoi Rog Soviet Republic and Taurida Socialist Republic of Soviets. The Imperial census of 1897 found that the population of the governorate consisted of 1,447,790, with 762,804 male and 684,986 female. In 1897 289,316 people lived in the cities, constituting 19.98% of

176-775: The Yekaterinoslav Governorate . However neither Ukraine nor the Crimea managed to hold on to their territories and were overrun by Bolshevik Red Guards in the winter of 1917-18. Briefly in early 1918 the bolsheviks split the governorate territories between the Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic and the Donetsk-Krivoi Rog Soviet Republic before being overrun by the forces of the Ukrainian People's Republic with military assistance from

198-572: The 19th century, with the founding of Yuzovka (Donetsk), the governorate became the coal-mining and metallurgical center of the then Ukraine , incorporating the Dnieper Industrial Region and the Donbass ( Donets Basin ) . Its population increased to 2,113,674 by 1897. The nationalities within the governorate were Ukrainians – 68.9% , Russians – 17.3% , Jews ( 4.7% ), Germans ( 3.8% ), Greeks ( 2.3% ), and Tatars ( 0.8% ). In 1924,

220-482: The Crimean peninsula were Crimean Tatars and Russians with German , Greek , Poles , Armenian, and Karaim minorities, while the far north and east of the peninsula was mostly inhabited by Ukrainians . Major urban centres were Simferopol , Sevastopol , Theodosia , Bakhchisaray , and Yalta in Crimea, and Aleshki, Berdyansk , and Melitopol on the mainland. The governorate comprised three counties ( uyezds ) on

242-736: The Russian Empire as Magometians) who mainly lived in the peninsular portion of the guberniya , Crimea itself. They were the main force that after the next 10 years established the first Muslim democratic state of the Crimean People's Republic . Beside the Magometians and Jews there were only eight (8) other non-Christian followers in the whole guberniya (not necessarily Atheists ). 44°56′53″N 34°06′15″E  /  44.9481°N 34.1042°E  / 44.9481; 34.1042 Yekaterinoslav Governorate Yekaterinoslav Governorate

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264-768: The effective jurisdiction of the Taurida Governorate. On November 20, [ O.S. November 7] 1917 the Third Universal of the Tsentralna Rada of the Ukrainian People's Republic proclaimed the territory of the Ukrainian Republic as comprising: Volyn Governorate , Kiev Governorate , Podolia Governorate , Chernigov Governorate , Poltava Governorate , Kharkov Governorate , Yekaterinoslav Governorate , Kherson Governorate and Taurida Governorate (not including Crimea ). After occupation of Ukraine by Bolsheviks during

286-452: The governorate had 3,424,100 ( 13.6% urban ) inhabitants, living in 5,165 settlements, 36 of them being cities and urban-type settlements . The largest social class was that of workers ( about 25% ). The data is taken from demoscope.ru. Here is also the most common language composition. From the turn of the 19th century until 1887 city of Rostov-na-Donu and all the Taganrog uyezd were part of

308-534: The gradonachalstvo of Yalta. In December 1917 the governorate split, with most of the peninsula forming the Crimean People's Republic (1917-1918), while the rest remained in qn undefined status including the city of Sevastopol , which remained the main naval base of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Republic . The mainland counties were declared part of the Ukrainian People's Republic, yet remained under

330-418: The mainland portion consisted of 38,405 km (14,828 sq mi) and is largely black earth steppe land. The population of the whole region was 1,634,700 in 1906. At that time, the mainland part of the governorate was mostly populated by Ukrainians and a large Russian minority, but had significant ethnic minorities of Germans , Bulgarians , Armenians and Jews , while major ethnic groups of

352-517: The mainland: and five counties and two city authorities ( gradonachalstvo ) on the peninsula: Before 1820 the governorate consisted of seven counties, including Tmutarakan county on the Taman Peninsula on the eastern side of the Kerch Strait . The Yalta and Berdyansk counties formed later. From 1804 to 1829 there also existed the gradonachalstvo of Feodosiya; and in 1914 Yalta county became

374-654: The number of raions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast to five. The area of Prymorsk Raion was merged into Berdiansk Raion . As of the Ukrainian national census in 2001 , Prymorsk had a population of 12,860 inhabitants. Most of the predominately Russian-speaking population is ethnically Ukrainian , people with a Russian background make up the second-largest group. A large minority of Taurida Bulgarians also exists in Prymorsk. Other minorities include Black Sea Germans , Belarusians and Armenians . The exact ethnic and linguistic composition

396-548: The oblast was abolished, but in 1802 re-established as a governorate (guberniya). It was a part of the Russian Empire until the Russian Revolution of 1918. Following the 1917 October Revolution , the ethnic Tatar government proclaimed the Crimean People's Republic on December 13, 1917, which was the first Muslim Democratic state. The Tatar republic covered the peninsular portion of the former governorate, while its northern counties ended up temporarily under jurisdiction of

418-500: The total population. The ethnicities of the urban population were Russians (49.1%), Tatars (17.16%), and Jews (11.84%), with only 31 people living in cities who chose not to disclose their identity. By the Imperial census of 1897 there were around 1,100,000 Eastern Orthodox followers, just over 30,000 Catholic , around 70,000 Protestant Christians and about the same number of Judaic followers. Only 13% of population were Muslims (known in

440-539: Was an administrative-territorial unit ( guberniya ) of the Russian Empire , with its capital in Yekaterinoslav . It bordered Poltava Governorate to the north, Don Host Oblast to the east, Sea of Azov to the southeast, Taurida Governorate to the south, and Kherson Governorate to the east, and covered the area of the Luhansk , Donetsk , Dnipropetrovsk , and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts of modern Ukraine. The government

462-560: Was as follows: This article about a location in Zaporizhzhia Oblast is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 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

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484-639: Was created in 1802 when the Novorossiya Governorate was split into three governorates. The Yekaterinoslav Governorate bordered to the north with the Kharkov Governorate and Poltava Governorate , to the west and southwest with the Kherson Governorate , to the south with the Taurida Governorate and Sea of Azov , and to the east with Don Host Oblast . The governorate was created in place of Novorossiysk Governorate in 1802 and encompassed

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