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Korsun Regiment
Korsun may refer to: ;Places * Korsun, Slavic name for the ancient Greek colony of Chersonesos Taurica in Crimea * a name of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, Ukraine before 1944 * Korsun, Donetsk Oblast, an urban-type settlement in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine ;Other * Korsun (surname) * Battle of Korsun, in 1648 during the Khmelnytsky Uprising * Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket between Nazi Germany and Soviet Union in 1944 during World War II * ''Decisive Battles of WWII: Korsun Pocket'', a computer game based on the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket See also * {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chersonesos Taurica
Chersonesus ( grc, Χερσόνησος, Khersónēsos; la, Chersonesus; modern Russian and Ukrainian: Херсоне́с, ''Khersones''; also rendered as ''Chersonese'', ''Chersonesos'', contracted in medieval Greek to Cherson Χερσών; Old East Slavic: Корсунь, ''Korsun'') is an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2,500 years ago in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula. Settlers from Heraclea Pontica in Bithynia established the colony in the 6th century BC. The ancient city is located on the shore of the Black Sea on the outskirts of present-day Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula, where it is referred to as ''Khersones''. The site is part of the ''National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos''. The name ''Chersonesos'' in Greek means "peninsula" and aptly describes the site on which the colony was established. It should not be confused with the ''Tauric Chersonese'', a name often applied to the whole of the southern Crimea. During much of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
