Kilia, Ukraine
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Kilia (Ukrainian: Кілія, translit. Kiliya, Russian: , translit. Kiliya, Romanian: Chilia; also referred to as Kiliya or Novo Kilia/Kiliya) is a small city in the Odessa Oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kiliysky Raion (district), and is located in the Danube Delta, in the Bessarabian historic district of Budjak.
The Chilia branch of the Danube river, which separates Ukraine from Romania, is named after Kilia.
History
A town on the Romanian side of the Chilia branch, known as Chilia Veche (Ukrainian: Cтapa Кілія, translit. Stara Kiliya) or "Older Chilia", was founded by the Byzantines - κελλίa, kellia being the equivalent of "granaries", a name first recorded in 1241, in the works of the Persian chronicler Rashid al-Din.Kilia is therefore sometimes referred to as Novo Kilia (Ukrainian: Hoвo Кілія, translit. Novo Kiliya, Romanian: Chilia Nouă), or "New Chilia". It was built by Stephen the Great of Moldavia, in order to counteract the Ottoman Empire which had taken control over the former town in the 15th Century. However, this site too was eventually conquered by Ottomans, who kept it until 1790, when it was taken by the Russian imperial general Gudovich.
After being bombarded by the Anglo-French fleet in July 1854, it was given to Romania on the conclusion of the war Crimean War - see Treaty of Paris (1856). In 1878, Kilia was transferred to Russia together with the Budjak. Between 1918 and 1940 it was again part Romania, then occupied by the Soviet Union and the Ukrainian SSR (it was briefly held yet again by Romania, from 1941 to 1944/1945, during World War II), and passed on to Ukraine after the Soviet downfall.
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| Subdivisions of Odessa Oblast, Ukraine |
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| Raions: |
Ananyivsky Raion |
Artsyzky Raion |
Baltsky Raion |
Berezivsky Raion |
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi City |
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion |
Biliayivsky Raion |
Bolhradsky Raion |
Frunzivsky Raion |
Illichivsk City |
Ivanivsky Raion |
Izmail City |
Izmailsky Raion |
Kiliysky Raion |
Kodymsky Raion |
Kominternivsky Raion |
Kotovsk City |
Kotovsky Raion |
Krasnookniansky Raion |
Liubashivsky Raion |
Mykolaivsky Raion |
Odessa City |
Ovidiopolsky Raion |
Reniysky Raion |
Rozdilniasky Raion |
Saratsky Raion |
Savransky Raion |
Shyriayivsky Raion |
Tarutynsky Raion |
Tatarbunarsky Raion |
Teplodar City |
Velykomykhailivsky Raion |
Yuzhne City
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| Cities: |
Ananyiv |
Artsyz |
Balta |
Berezivka |
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi |
Biliayivka |
Bolhrad |
Illichivsk |
Izmail |
Kilia |
Kodyma |
Kotovsk |
Odessa |
Reni |
Rozdilna |
Tatarbunary |
Teplodar |
Vylkove |
Yuzhne
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| Towns: | Frunzivka | Ivanivka | Kominternivske | Krasni Okny | Liubashivka | Mykolaivka | Ovidiopol | Sarata | Savran | Shyriaieve | Tarutyne | Velyka Mykhailivka | ||
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