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ID: 7017285
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017285
Record Type:
administrative
Kherson (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 46 38 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 46.6333
decimal degrees
Long: 032 35 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 32.5833
decimal degrees
Note:
Originally founded as a fort by military head Grigory Potemkin to defend Russia's new frontage on Black Sea; Russia's first naval base & shipyard on Black Sea; industries include shipbuilding, engineering, textile manufacturing & oil refining.
Names:
Kherson
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Herson
(
C
,
V
)
Cherson
(
C
,
V
)
Chersonese
(
C
,
O
)
Chersonium
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Ukraina
(nation) (
P
)
............
Khersons'ka Oblast'
(oblast) (
P
)
................
Kherson
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was an ancient center; modern town founded 1778
city (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
shipbuilding center (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
naval base (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Cherson..........
[
BHA
,
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 837
.................
Słownik Geograficzny (1880-1904)
Chersonese..........
[
BHA
]
.......................
BHA, Authority file (1973-)
Chersonium..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Orbis Latinus (1971)
91
Herson..........
[
BHA
,
VP
]
.................
Nagel's: Soviet Union (1973)
.................
USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.................
USBGN: Russia (1970)
III, 81
Kherson..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 837
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
100
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 837
..................
Nagel's: Soviet Union (1973)
..................
Orbis Latinus (1971)
91
..................
Słownik Geograficzny (1880-1904)
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
100
..................
USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................
USBGN: Russia (1970)
III, 81
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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