| LC control no. | n 87880487 |
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| Geographic heading | Bilhorod-Dnistrovsʹkyĭ (Ukraine) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Ukraine--Bilhorod-Dnistrovsʹkyĭ |
| Variant(s) | Bilhorod (Ukraine) Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy (Ukraine) Belgorod (Ukraine) Belgorod na Dnestre (Ukraine) Belgorod-Dnestrovskiĭ (Ukraine) Cetatea Albă (Ukraine) Akkerman (Ukraine) |
| Found in | Kravchenko, A. A. Srednevekovyĭ Belgorod na Dnestre ... 1986. Ukraïna [MAP] 1992: (Bilhorod-Dnistrovsʹkyĭ, city in Odesʹka oblastʹ) Encyc. of Ukraine: v. 1, p. 227-7 (Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi; city in Southern Bessarabia and a raion center in Odessa oblast. In 600 BC this was the Greek colony of Tyras [no publs. in LC data abse]. In the 9th cent. it was a city of the Tivertsian and Ulychian tribes named Bilhorod. During the 13th cent. it was part of the Pricipality of Galicia-Volhynia. In the 14th cent. it was ruled by the Genoese and renamed Montecastro [no publs. in LC data base], and during the 15th cent. it became part of the Moldavian principality. In 1484 the Turks captured the city and renamed it Akkerman [no publs. in LC data base]. During the 17th-18th cents. it was the seat of the Bilhorod Horde. In 1812 it came under Russian rule; from 1918 to 1940 it belonged to Rumania and was renamed Cetatea Albā [no publs. in LC data base]. In 1940 it became part of the USSR, and during 1944 it was renamed Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi) Ukr. rad. ent︠s︡ykl: v. 1, p. 110 (Akerman [no publs. in LC data base] in Romania; was the name of Bilhorod-Dnitrovsʹkyĭ until 1944, when as part of the USSR it resumed its earlier name) U.S. Geog. Names Div. Gazetteer no. 42--U.S.S.R., 1970: v. 1, p. 373 (Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy; popl. pl.; 46°12ʹN, 30°21ʹE) LC data base, 10-8-87 (hdg.: Belgorod-Dnestrovskiĭ, Ukraine; usage: Belgorod) Cetatea Albă, 1998. Akkerman Benevolent Association, 1950: t.p. (Akkerman) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 46°12ʹ00ʺN 030°21ʹ00ʺE) |
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