Question #149004. Asked by
chabenao1.
Last updated Sep 07 2022.
Originally posted Sep 07 2022 2:01 AM.
As first new settlement in the "Greek project" of Empress Catherine and her favorite Grigory Potemkin, it was named after the ancient Greek city-colony of Chersonesus in Crimea. In Greek, ?????????? (chersonesos) means "peninsular shore".