New Russia (disambiguation)
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New Russia may refer to:
- New Russia (trading post)New Russia (trading post)New Russia , near Yakutat, Alaska was a maritime fur trading post and penal colony established by Russians in 1795. It was presumably named after Joseph Billings ship Slava Rossia, or "Glory of Russia". The post was attacked and destroyed by Tlingits in 1805...
, a Russian fur trading post on Yakutat BayYakutat BayYakutat Bay is a 29-km-wide bay in the U.S. state of Alaska, extending southwest from Disenchantment Bay to the Gulf of Alaska. "Yakutat" is a Tlingit name reported as "Jacootat" and "Yacootat" by Yuri Lisianski in 1805....
, Alaska, established 1795 and destroyed by the Tlingit in 1805. - New Russia, a hamlet south of Elizabethtown, New YorkElizabethtown, New YorkElizabethtown is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 1,315 at the 2000 census. The county seat of Essex County is a hamlet also called Elizabethtown. The name is derived from Elizabeth Gilliland, the wife of an early settler....
, near Lake Champlain. - New Russia Township, Lorain County, OhioNew Russia Township, Lorain County, OhioNew Russia Township is one of the eighteen townships of Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,357 people in the township, 1,918 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
- Novorossiysk GovernorateNovorossiysk GovernorateThe Novorossiysk Governorate was a governorate in the Russian Empire. Its capital at first was the city of Kremenchug and then Novorossiysk when it was reestablished in 1796.-Governors:* 1789 - 1794 Vasiliy Kakhovsky...
, in the Russian Empire - NovorossiyaNovorossiyaNovorossiya is a historic area of lands which established itself solidly after the annexation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire, but was introduced with the establishment of Novorossiysk Governorate with the capital in Kremenchuk in the mid 18th century. Until that time in both Polish...
, a historical region in the south of Ukraine and European part of Russia - Novorossiya, Primorsky Krai, a village in Primorsky KraiPrimorsky KraiPrimorsky Krai , informally known as Primorye , is a federal subject of Russia . Primorsky means "maritime" in Russian, hence the region is sometimes referred to as Maritime Province or Maritime Territory. Its administrative center is in the city of Vladivostok...
- RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, especially in the following context:- for the period 1991-present, as opposed to the old communist Russia - see History of post-Soviet RussiaHistory of post-Soviet RussiaWith the dissolution of the Soviet Union on 29 May 1991, the Russian Federation became an independent country.Russia was the largest of the fifteen republics that made up the Soviet Union, accounting for over 60% of the gross domestic product and over 50% of the Soviet population. Russians also...
- for the first years after 1917 Bolshevik's revolution, as opposed to the old tsar Russia - see History of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union (1917–1927)
- for the period 1991-present, as opposed to the old communist Russia - see History of post-Soviet Russia