Taurida Governorate
Taurida Governorate
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| Country | Russian Empire |
| Established | 1802 |
| Abolished | 1918 |
| Capital | Simferopol |
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• Total | 63,538 km2 (24,532 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,545 m (5,069 ft) |
| Population (1897) | |
• Total | 1,447,790 |
| • Density | 23/km2 (59/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 19.98% |
| • Rural | 80.02% |
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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 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 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.