Taurida Governorate
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Taurida Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit of the Russian Empire. It included the territory of the Crimean Peninsula and the mainland between the lower Dnieper River with the coasts of
The linguistic composition of the uyezds (povits) of Taurida in 1897. Ukrainians in yellow, Russians in red, Crimean Tatars in green, Germans in gray, Yiddish speakers in blue, and others in purple. (in Ukrainian)
Orikhiv
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Orikhiv is a city in Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, southern Ukraine. It had an estimated population of 13,896, as of 1 January 2022. Early in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, many residents
Mansion house of Heinrich Janzen, city mayor and manufacturer. Current seat of the Orikhiv urban hromada.
Kinska river near Orikhiv.
House destroyed by Russian shelling in March 2022
Detail of mansion house of Heinrich Janzen city mayor of Orikhiv in 1874-1899