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Chromolithograph. The French title of this lithograph ("view of the church at the foot of the mountain") makes no reference to the fact that this is, according to the Russian-language title, an interior view of the lower church. In Crimea, the most…

It seems Catherine and Potemkin granted several dachas in this area (and with this name). A dacha of 657 desiatinas is attested in 1792. Another consisted of 1,091 desiatinas; the third consisted of 500 desiatinas near the villages of Isliam Terek an...

This dacha consisted of 1,232 cultivable desiatinas (3,326 acres).

Jeremy has been a key collaborator since the inception of this project. He provides crucial technical support with the Omeka platform and has helped shape the underlying architecture of both the site and the project itself.Read more about Jeremy.

While earning her M.A. in Regional Studies (Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia), Jessica performed primary research and helped compile and edit several core datasets. Read more about Jessica.

77 Greeks abandoned this area in 1778.

1,643 Greeks, 24 Georgians, and 5,511 Armenians abandoned this area in 1778.

Writing in 1815, Bronevskii explained that “Feodosiia shows no sign of its former greatness – the destroy town of Kefe no longer exists, and for the construction of the…