Taurida (also Tauride or Tavrida, from the ancient
Tauri) is an old name for the
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a p ...
. It may refer to:
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Tauride Palace
Tauride Palace (russian: Таврический дворец, translit=Tavrichesky dvorets) is one of the largest and most historically important palaces in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Construction and early use
Prince Grigory Potemkin of Tauride ...
, palace in Saint Petersburg (built 1783–89), named after the Prince of Taurida
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Taurida Oblast
Taurida Oblast (russian: Таврическая область, ''Tavricheskaya oblast′'') was an oblast (province) of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of the Crimean Peninsula and parts of the Southern Ukraine regions. It ...
, province of the Russian Empire (1784–96)
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Taurida Governorate
The Taurida Governorate (russian: Тавріическая губернія, modern spelling , ; crh, script=Latn, Tavrida guberniyası, ) or the Government of Taurida, was a historical governorate of the Russian Empire. It included the Crime ...
, governorate of the Russian Empire (1802–1921)
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Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic, ephemeral revolutionary state (1918)
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Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University
V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University (TNU) ( uk, Таврійський національний університет імені В.І. Вернадського (ТНУ)) is a public, coeducational university currently located in Kyi ...
, also called Taurida University (founded 1918)
*''Taurien'', a sub-district of the German ''
Reichskommissariat Ukraine
During World War II, (abbreviated as RKU) was the civilian occupation regime () of much of Nazi German-occupied Ukraine (which included adjacent areas of modern-day Belarus and pre-war Second Polish Republic). It was governed by the Reic ...
'' (1942–44)
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Taurida Military District of the Soviet Union (1945–56)
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Taurida fulvomaculata'', a species of flatworm-like bilaterian native to the Black Sea
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