Chersonesos

Tauric Chersonesos (Greek ??????????, also Chersones, Khersones, Korsun, {{lang-ru/uk|????????}}; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was a site of Greek settlements founded approximately 2500 years ago in the southwestern part of the Crimean (Taurian) Peninsula. The area of Chersonesos was a Greek colony at the periphery of the ancient Greek culture. Colonists from Heraclea Pontica founded it in the 6th century BC.

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Greek - List of traditional Greek place names - Greek - Crimea - Peninsula - Greek - Heraclea Pontica - 6th century BC

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Currently it is an archeological site in Ukraine, where it is referred to as Khersones, on the shore of the Black Sea at the outskirts of Sevastopol. It has also gained nicknames of "the Ukrainian Pompeii" and "Russian Troy".

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Archeological site - Ukraine - Black Sea - Sevastopol - Pompeii - Troy

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During much of the classical period the town was a democracy ruled by a group of elected archons and a council called the Damiorgi. As time went on the government grew more oligarchic, with power concentrated in the hands of the archons. A form of oath sworn by all the citizens in the 3rd century BC has survived to the present day.

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Democracy - Archon - 3rd century BC

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