Tauric Chersonesos, The word Greek has a number of meanings relating to Greece, including: Architecture of Ancient Greece Art in Ancient Greece Greek alphabet Greek colonies Cuisine of Greece Ethnic Greek Greco-Turkish relations Greece Hellenes History of Greece History of Mycenaean Greece History of Ancient Greece History of Hellenistic Greece History... Greek Χερσονασος (Chersones, Khersones, Korsun, Russian (русский язык) Spoken in: The Russian Federation ( Russian (русский язык) Spoken in: Russia and many other countries Region: Eastern Europe and Asia Total speakers: 280 million Ranking: 4-7 Genetic classification... Russian: Херсонес) was the The word Greek has a number of meanings relating to Greece, including: Architecture of Ancient Greece Art in Ancient Greece Greek alphabet Greek colonies Cuisine of Greece Ethnic Greek Greco-Turkish relations Greece Hellenes History of Greece History of Mycenaean Greece History of Ancient Greece History of Hellenistic Greece History... Greek settlement founded approximately 2500 years ago in the southwestern part of The Crimea (officially Autonomous Republic of Crimea, The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page. Ukrainian (українська мова / Ukraïnska Mova) Spoken in: Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia Region: Total speakers: 41... Crimean (Taurian) A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides. A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, promontory or spit. Peninsulas ( or peninsulae ) of the world: Contents // 1 Continental Europe 2 United Kingdom 3 Republic... Peninsula. During much of the classical period the town was a This article deals with democracy in its Modern can simply mean something that is up-to-date, trendy, new, or from the present time. It can also refer to the modern age, a very loosely defined time period which generally commences at or some time after the Renaissance in Europe... democracy ruled by a group of elected For other uses, see Archon (disambiguation). Archon (Gr. αρχων, pl. αρχοντες) is a Greek word that means ruler or the like, though it is frequently encountered as the title of some specific public office. In form the word is... archons and a council called the Damiorgi. As time went on the government grew more oligarchic, with power concentrated in the hands of the archons. A form of oath sworn by all the citizens in the 3rd century BCE has survived to the present day.

In the late second century BCE Khersones became a dependency of the The Cimmerian Bosporus was the ancient name for the Strait of Kerch that connect the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The Cimmerians (Cimmerii) were the ancient inhabitants who gave their name to a strait that reminded the Greeks of the more familiar Bosporus that separates Thrace from Asia... Bosporan kingdom. It was subject to For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin Roma) is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50N, 12°15E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign... Rome from the middle of the first century BCE until the 370's CE, when it was captured by the huns.

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Khersones' ancient ruins are presently located in Sevastopol's suburbs.

External link

• National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos, Sevastopol (http://www.chersonesos.org)
• Cherson on Regnal Chronologies (http://www.hostkingdom.net/crimea.html#Cherson)
• Cherson Taurica (http://www.xenophongi.org/crimea/cities/chersonese/cherenc.htm)