| William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1803 - 494 pages
...with Russia, by which the empress retained the iorereignty of the Crimea, of the isle of Taman, sod a great part of the Kuban, while her right was acknowledged to the dominion of the Euxine, lad to the passage of the Dardanelles. Thus did Catharine acquire, without the necessity of ; battle,... | |
| Mary Hays - Women - 1803 - 456 pages
...munificence in presents to the Swedish officers : Gustavus emulated this example -, the favourite LanskoT was decorated by him with the order of the polar star,...the Krimea and to the Kuban their ancient names of Taurida and Caucasus. The example of the khart of the Krimea deterred not other princes from accepting... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - World history - 1805 - 462 pages
...with Russia, by which the empress retained the sovereignty of the Crimea, of the isle of Taman, «nd a great part of the Kuban, while her right was acknowledged to the dominion of the Euxiue, and to the passage of the Dardanelles. Thus •did Catharine acquire, without the necessity... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 544 pages
...Wolodimir, or Vladimir, and this year, having acquired, without a war, the sovereignty of the Crimea, of the isle of Taman, and a great part of the Kuban, she called the former of these countries Taurida, and the other Caucasus. Thus Catherine gained a point... | |
| C. G. Hunter - Soviet Union - 1817 - 422 pages
...treaty it was definitively agreed upon, that the empress should retain the sovereignty of the Crimea, of the Isle of Taman, and a great part of the Kuban, and the Turks acknowledged the right which she pretended incontestibly to have to the dominion of the... | |
| John Paul Jones - History - 1830 - 578 pages
...a new treaty the sovereignty of Russia over the Crimea, and great part of Kuban, with the right of the dominion of the Euxine, and to the passage of the Dardanelles, was conceded to Russia. New usurpations followed immediately on the part of the latter. In 1786, Catharine... | |
| Europe - 1846 - 468 pages
...Porte concluded a treaty with Russia, by which the Empress retained the sovereignty of the Crimea, of the isle of Taman, and a great part of the Kuban,...the Euxine and to the passage of the Dardanelles. Thus did she acquire, without the necessity of a battle, an immense territory and 1,500,000 subjects.... | |
| Robert Stewart (A.M.) - Europe - 1851 - 334 pages
...of the empress, concluded a treaty with Russia, by which he resigned the sovereignty of the Crimea, the isle of Taman, and a great part of the Kuban, while the right of Russia was acknowledged to the dominions of the Euxine and to the passage of the Dardanelles.... | |
| John Paul Jones - Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792 - 1855 - 560 pages
...a new treaty the sovereignty of Russia over the Crimea, and great part of Kuhan, with the right of the dominion of the Euxine, and to the passage of the Dardanelles, was conceded to Russia. New usurpations followed immediately on the part of the latter. In 1786, Catharine... | |
| Henry Tyrrell (teacher of elocution.) - 1879 - 476 pages
...empress and the sultan, was signed at Constantinople, by which the entire sovereignty of the Crimea, of the Isle of Taman, and a great part of the Kuban, was ceded to Russia. To these places tiie empress restored their ancient names: the Crimea was called... | |
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