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Херсонес Таврический-Chersonesus Taurica

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Channel: Konstantin Petrovsky · 2011 · Travel & Events

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Моя экскурсию в Херсонес Таврический, июль 2011

Херсоне́с Таври́ческий, или просто Херсонес (др.-греч. Χερσόνησος — ἡ χερσόνησος: «полуостров»; в византийское время — Херсон, в Генуэзский период — Сарсона, в русских летописях — Корсунь) — полис, основанный древними греками на Гераклейском полуострове на юго-западном побережье Крыма. Ныне Херсонесское городище расположено на территории Гагаринского района Севастополя. На протяжении двух тысяч лет Херсонес являлся крупным политическим, экономическим и культурным центром Северного Причерноморья.

My travel to Chersonesus Taurica, July 2011

Chersonesus Taurica (Greek: Χερσόνησος, Chersonēsos; Latin: Chersonesus; Byzantine Greek: Χερσών; Old East Slavic: Корсунь, Korsun; Ukrainian and Russian: Херсонес, Khersones; also transliterated as Chersonese, Chersonesos, Cherson) is an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2,500 years ago in the southwestern part of Crimea, known then as Taurica. The colony was established in the 6th century BC by settlers from Heraclea Pontica. Currently the site is part of the National Historical-Archeological Museum-Zapovednik of Ukraine "Khersones Tavriysky".

The ancient city is located on the shore of the Black Sea at the outskirts of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula of Ukraine, where it is referred to as Khersones. It has been nicknamed the "Ukrainian Pompeii" and "Russian Troy". The name "Chersonesos" in Greek means simply "peninsula", and aptly describes the site on which the colony was established. It should not be confused with the Tauric Chersonese, the name often applied to the whole of the southern Crimea along with "Taurica".

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