" Tavriia" = "Crimea"?

[Frans Suasso]

I had always thought that it comes rom :latin:

Tauri          a scythian  tribe from the Crimea

Tauricus  (adj)  Terra Taurica   (the Crimea)

in poetical texts is refers to the Godess Diana who was worshipped there.

Look op your Ovid who lived some time in that area as in exile.

Frans Suasso, Naarden Netherlands

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Prof Steven P Hill" <s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:40 AM
Subject: [SEELANGS] " Tavriia" = "Crimea"?


> Dear colleagues &  Prof Fisher:
>
> My impression is that the Crimean Peninsula was formerly called "Tavriia."
> Hence the hyphenated name of the famous Tsarist hero "Kniaz' Potemkin-
> Tavricheskii" (18th cen.?), for whom Eisensteiin's battleship had been 
> named.
> I.e., "Prince Potemkin of the Crimea"....
>
> (Compare also "Laurence of Arabia." "Semenov-Tiansianskii," etc.)
>
> Best wishes to all,
> Steven P Hill,
> University of Illinois.
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> Date: Wed 4 Jun 00:38:13 CDT 2008
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> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 09:32:16 -0400
> From: Anne Fisher <Anne.Fisher at WILLIAMS.EDU>
> Subject: philatelic help?
>
> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> I have been asked to help decipher some cancelled Soviet stamps, but
> can't. To me the cancellation stamps look like they say "YALTATAVRG"
> and "CHECHERSKMOGIL" or "CHECHERSKMOGUL". The names of the two towns
> Yalta and Chechersk are clear enough, but what do the continuations
> mean?
>
> Thank you for any leads, and I'd be happy to forward the scans
> themselves to any interested philatelists.
>
> Anne O. Fisher
> Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian
> Williams College
> Department of German and Russian
> 995 Main Street, Weston Hall
> Williamstown, MA  01267
> anne.fisher AT williams.edu
> office: 413.597.4723
> fax: 413.597.3028
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> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 09:10:48 -0700
> From: Olga Dobrunova <dobrunov at YAHOO.COM>
> Subject: Re: philatelic help?
>
> Hello Anne,
> My guess is:
> yaltatavrg - might be connected with Tavrichesky University organized in 
> Yalta, or
> Tavrichesky Palace.
> Checherskmogil - Chechersk is located in Mogilev Region (Belarus).
> Of course, I am not sure about this - it is my guess only. Some hints can 
> be given
> you by pictures on the stamps.
>
> Olga Dobrunoff,
> Montclair State University, NJ
>
> _____________________
>
> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 17:21:56 +0100
> From: William Ryan <wfr at SAS.AC.UK>
> Subject: Re: philatelic help?
>
> Yalta used to be in the Tavricheskaia guberniya (TAVRG?). I don't know
> when this changed its name. What date is the stamp?
> Will Ryan
>
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> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 19:21:12 +0200
> From: Jon Kyst <kyst at HUM.KU.DK>
> Subject: SV: [SEELANGS] philatelic help?
>
> chechersk - mogilevskaia guberniia
> ??????? - ?????????? ????????
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> William Ryan
> Sendt: ti 03-06-2008 18:21
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>
> Yalta used to be in the Tavricheskaia guberniya (TAVRG?). I don't know
> when this changed its name. What date is the stamp?
> Will Ryan
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