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Feodosiya
Feodosiya , city (1990 est. pop. 85,000), S Ukraine, on the Crimean peninsula. It is a major Black Sea port at the western end of the Feodosiya Gulf. Feodosiya is also a rail terminus. A popular Crimean sea and health resort, Feodosiya has beaches, mineral springs, and mud baths. The city occupies the site of ancient Theodosia, which was founded in the 6th cent. BC by Greek colonists from Miletus. Theodosia, noted for its grain exports, was destroyed by the Huns in the 4th cent. AD; it existed thereafter as an insignificant village until the Genoese arrived in the 13th cent., established a flourishing trade colony, and virtually monopolized Black Sea commerce. Under their rule, the city was called Caffa or Kaffa and served as the chief port and administrative center of Genoese possessions along the Black Sea coast. The khan of Crimea, an ally of the Turks, conquered the city in 1475; it remained under Turko-Tatar control until Russia's annexation of the Crimea in 1783. In 1802 it was named Feodosiya. German forces captured it twice during World War II. The ruins of the Genoese fortifications still stand. |
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Feodosiya
Feodosiya, Crimea/Ukraine Theodosia, Kaffa/Kefe, Caiphun Founded by the Greeks in the 6th century bc with a name meaning ‘God‐given Place’ from theos ‘god’. In the 13th century the Genoese arrived to establish a trading post and renamed the city Kaffa whose meaning is unknown. The town was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1475 and by the Russians in 1783. In 1802 the Russian version of the old Greek name was imposed.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Feodosiya." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Feodosiya." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Feodosiya.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Feodosiya." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Feodosiya.html |
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