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Novorossiya
Novorossiya
(from , ; literally
New Russia
) is an historical term of the
Russian Empire
denoting a region north of the
Black Sea
(presently part of
Ukraine
). It was formed as a new imperial province of Russia (
Novorosiiskaia guberniia
) in 1764 from military frontier regions along with parts of the
southern Hetmanate
in preparation for
war with the Ottomans
. It was further expanded by the annexation of the
Zaporozhian Sich
in 1775. It at various times it encompassed the Moldavian region of
Bessarabia
, the modern
Ukraine
's regions of the
Black Sea littoral
(Prychornomoria),
Zaporizhia
,
Tavria
, the
Azov Sea littoral
(Pryazovia), the
Tatar
region of
Crimea
, the
Nogai steppe
at
Kuban River
, and the
Circassian
lands.
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