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Chersonesus Taurica

Chersonesus, contracted in medieval Greek to Cherson, was an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2,500 years ago in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city in today’s Sevastopol, Crimea
  • Also known as: “Chersonesus”, “Heracleotic Chersonesus”, “Kherson”, and “Korsun”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vladimir Cathedral and Sunny Beach.

Church
Photo: George Chernilevsky, Public domain.
The Saint or Saint Volodymyr Cathedral is a Neo-Byzantine Russian Orthodox cathedral on the site of Chersonesos Taurica on the outskirts of , on the Crimean Peninsula. It commemorates the presumed place of St. Vladimir's baptism. is situated 230 metres northeast of Chersonesus Taurica.

Beach
Photo: Kamelot, Public domain.
is situated 520 metres west of Chersonesus Taurica.

University
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
The Nakhimov Black Sea Higher Naval School, formally the Black Sea Higher Naval Orders of Nakhimov and the Red Star School named after P. S. Nakhimov, abbreviated as ChVVMU is a higher naval education institution in which prepares prospective officers for commissions in the Russian Navy. is situated 1 km west of Chersonesus Taurica.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Рудольфова гора and Central hill.

Suburb
Photo: Юровский Александр, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
Photo: Юровский Александр, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km east of Chersonesus Taurica.

Suburb
Photo: Юровский Александр, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 3 km southwest of Chersonesus Taurica.

Chersonesus Taurica

Latitude
44.61071° or 44° 36′ 39″ north
Longitude
33.49118° or 33° 29′ 28″ east
Open location code
8GPMJF6R+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 355526973
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q638445
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Vietnamese—“Chersonesus Taurica” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Χερσόνησος”
  • Arabic: “تاوريس خيرسون”
  • Armenian: “Խերսոնես Տավրիկյան”
  • Basque: “Kersoneso”
  • Basque: “Kherson”
  • Basque: “Khersoneso”
  • Belarusian: “Херсанес Таўрычаскі”
  • Belarusian: “Херсанэс Таўрыйскі”
  • Belarusian: “Хэрсанэс Таўрыйскі”
  • Bosnian: “Taurijski Herson”
  • Breton: “C’hersones”
  • Bulgarian: “Херсонес Таврически”
  • Bulgarian: “Херсонес”
  • Catalan: “Corsun”
  • Catalan: “Querson”
  • Catalan: “Quersonès Tàuric”
  • Catalan: “Quersonès”
  • Chinese: “克森尼索”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Hersones”
  • Croatian: “Hersones”
  • Czech: “Chersonesos”
  • Czech: “Chersonésos”
  • Danish: “Chersonesos”
  • Dutch: “Chersonesos”
  • Dutch: “Chersonesus”
  • Dutch: “Korsoen”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥersoneso”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥersonesos”
  • Estonian: “Chersonesos”
  • Finnish: “Khersonesos”
  • French: “Chersonèse”
  • Georgian: “ტავრიის ქერსონესი”
  • German: “Chersones”
  • Greek: “Ταυρική Χερσόνησος”
  • Greek: “Χερσόνησος η Ταυρική”
  • Greek: “Χερσόνησος Ταυρική”
  • Greek: “Χερσών”
  • Hausa: “Chersonesus”
  • Hebrew: “חרסונסוס”
  • Hungarian: “Kherszonészosz”
  • Indonesian: “Khersonesos Taurike”
  • Indonesian: “Khersonesos”
  • Irish: “Chersonesus”
  • Italian: “Cherson Taurica”
  • Italian: “Cherson”
  • Italian: “Chersonese Taurica”
  • Italian: “Chersoneso Taurica”
  • Japanese: “ケルソネソス”
  • Japanese: “ヘルソネソス”
  • Komi: “Херсонес Таврида”
  • Korean: “케르소네소스”
  • Kurdish: “Xersonêsos”
  • Latin: “Chersonesus”
  • Latvian: “Hersonēsa”
  • Lithuanian: “Chersonesas”
  • Lithuanian: “Tauridės Chersonesas”
  • Lithuanian: “Taurijos Chersonesas”
  • Macedonian: “Херсон Тавриски”
  • Macedonian: “Херсонес Тавриски”
  • Malay: “Khersonesos”
  • Maltese: “Chersonesos”
  • Maltese: “Chersonesus Tawrika”
  • Maltese: “Chersonesus”
  • Maltese: “Kherson”
  • Maltese: “Korsun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chersonesus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khersonnesos”
  • Norwegian: “Chersonesus”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Chersonès”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Quersonès”
  • Persian: “خرسونسوس، کریمه”
  • Polish: “Chersonesos”
  • Polish: “Chersonez Taurydzki”
  • Portuguese: “Chersonese”
  • Portuguese: “Chersonésia”
  • Portuguese: “Chersonesos Taurica”
  • Portuguese: “Chersonesus Taurica”
  • Portuguese: “Quérson”
  • Portuguese: “Quersoneso”
  • Romanian: “Chersonesos Taurica”
  • Romanian: “Chersonesos”
  • Russian: “Герак­лея Пон­тий­ская”
  • Russian: “коло­ния герак­лей­цев на Пон­те”
  • Russian: “Корсунь”
  • Russian: “Сарсона”
  • Russian: “Херсонес Таврический”
  • Serbian: “Hersones Taurijski”
  • Serbian: “Херсон Тауријски”
  • Serbian: “Херсонес Таврически”
  • Serbian: “Херсонес Таврическиј”
  • Serbian: “Херсонес Тауријски”
  • Serbian: “Херсонес”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Herson Taurijski”
  • Slovak: “Chersonézos”
  • Slovenian: “Chersonesus”
  • Slovenian: “Herson”
  • Spanish: “Korsun”
  • Spanish: “Korsún”
  • Spanish: “Quersoneso”
  • Swedish: “Chersonesos”
  • Tagalog: “Chersonesus”
  • Tamil: “செர்சோனசசு”
  • Turkish: “Cherson”
  • Turkish: “Chersonesos Taurica”
  • Turkish: “Hersonisos”
  • Ukrainian: “Комплекс «Стародавнє місто Херсонес-Таврійський»”
  • Ukrainian: “Херсонес Таврійський”
  • Ukrainian: “Херсонес”
  • Uzbek: “Chersones”
  • Vietnamese: “Chersonesus”
  • Vietnamese: “Khersones”

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