Gazaria (Genoese colonies)

Gazaria (also Cassaria, Cacsarea, Gazaria, Gasaria) was a colony of the Republic of Genoa in Crimea and around the Black Sea from the mid-13th century to the late 15th century.

Gazaria (Crimea)
Colony of Republic of Genoa
1266–1475

CapitalCaffa
Area
 • Coordinates45°2′N 35°22′E
History 
• Transfer of Caffa from Golden Horde
1266
• Conquest by the Ottoman forces
1475
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Golden Horde
Empire of Trebizond
Kefe Eyalet
Today part ofCrimea (disputed between Ukraine and Russia)
Ukraine
Russia
Georgia
Romania

The word is derived from Khazaria, though the Khazars had ceased to rule over the area by that time.

Castles

The colony was officially established with transfer of Caffa by Möngke Khan to the Republic of Genoa, becoming the regional center of the Black Sea colonies. In 1357, Genoeses acquired the colony of Cembalo (today – Balaklava), in 1365 Genoese completely overtook the city of Soldaia (Sudak) from Venetian control.

Crimea
  • Caffa
  • Cembalo
  • Soldaia
  • Vosporo
  • Sarsona
  • Capitanatu Gotia (territory of Theodoro)

West Black Sea

Aside of Crimea, Genoa possessed several castles on the western coast of Black Sea such as the castle of Maurocastro (Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky) in the estuary of Dniester, the castle of Ginestra near Odessa, the castle of Licostomo (Kiliya), the colony of Costanza (Constanța) and the colony of Caladda (Galați).

Taman peninsula and Tanais

Georgia
Panorama of Soldaia Castle near Sudak

See also
  • Treaty of Nymphaeum (1261)
  • Гавриленко О. А., Сівальньов О. М., Цибулькін В. В. Генуезька спадщина на теренах України; етнодержавознавчий вимір. — Харків: Точка, 2017.— 260 с. — ISBN 978-617-669-209-6

References


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