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Taurida gubernia
Taurida Gubernia - Southernmost Ukraine
Taurida gubernia was established in 1802. It was dissolved during the Russian Revolution in 1917-1918, when oblasts replaced the gubernias. Its territory was divided between the Ukraine in the North,and the Crimea in the South.
It's now divided into eight districts (uyezds): Aleshki or Dniepr, Berdyansk, Melitopol, Eupatoria, Perekop, Simferopol, Theodosia and Yalta, as well as the two cities of Kerch and Sevastopol.
The MAJOR JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN TAURIDA GUBERNIA are:
| Berdyansk | Dnepr/Aleshki (Tsyurupinsk | |
| Feodosiya | Melitopol | |
| Perekop | Simferopol | |
| Yalta | Yevpatoriya |
Records Available
There are records from Taurida at the Family History Library. More info is here.
Other Links
For more information about Taurida, visit the World
History at KLMA:
http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/russia/xgovtaurida.html
