Talk:Feodosia

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I suggest the page to be moved to Feodosiya. It is both Russian and Ukrainian name, and also closer to the original Greek pronunciation. I believe that Theodosia is rarely used even in English. --Ghirlandajo 14:38, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm awfully sorry, but it is Theodosia!
 * 1) This is a Greek name, and as it is Θεοδωσία (not Φεοδωσηία), according to the rules of transliteration from Greek into English it is spelled Theodosia.
 * Don Alessandro 13:19, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * This is not a Greek town. Use the Russian/Ukrainian spelling. --Ghirla | talk 13:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)


 * 2) We do not write Moskva an Sankt-Peterburg, instead of Moscow and St. Petersburg.
 * Don Alessandro 13:19, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Because these cities have long-established names in English. Feodosiya doesn't. --Ghirla | talk 13:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * It does, beleive me. See The Encyclopaedia Britannica for example. And during the Crimean War it was also known as Theodosia.
 * Don Alessandro 14:50, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * You might have as well cited the Encyclopédie! This edition was issued in 1911. Since then, Britannica revised its mistake and put the article at Feodosiya. --Ghirla | talk 15:14, 14 February 2006 (UTC)


 * 3) Theodosia is rarely used even in English
 * If we ask Google, it will answer
 * Results 1 - 10 of about 21,800 for Theodosia + Crimea
 * Results 1 - 10 of about 16,900 for Feodosiya + Crimea
 * Don Alessandro 13:19, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * This is plain wrong. --Ghirla | talk 13:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Hm... I usually simply do this - http://www.google.ru/search?hl=en&q=Theodosia%2C+Crimea and this - http://www.google.ru/search?hl=en&q=Feodosiya%2C+Crimea
 * Actually, the majority of Feodosiyas can be find on Russian and Ukrainian sites or in transliterations such as feodosiya.jpg www.feodosiya.crimea.ua, etc. And most Russians and Ukrainians unfortunately do not know the English name of the city.
 * Don Alessandro 14:50, 14 February 2006 (UTC)


 * 4) closer to the original Greek pronunciation
 * NO! Greek letter Θ is pronounced as English th in think. You can find it here http://www.omniglot.com/writing/greek.htm if you don' believe me.
 * Don Alessandro 13:19, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * It doesn't matter what it is pronounced like in English. The Russian pronunciation is closer to the original Greek than the English one. --Ghirla | talk 13:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * The Russian pronunciation is closer to the original Greek than the English one.
 * I repeat one more time - NO!!! The English pronunciation is closer to the original Greek than the Russian one. Greek letter Θ is pronounced as Enlish th in think, but not as Russain Ф! Греческая буква Θ произносится как английское th в слове think, а совсем не как русское Ф! Я же дал ссылку! Или если вы и омниглоту не верите, то послушайте где-нибудь греческую речь.
 * Извините, если был чересчур резок.
 * Don Alessandro 14:50, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Don't want to be a pedant - okay, maybe I do - but the 'original' Greek pronunciation was an aspirated 't', not a fricative, but 'th' is the standard transliteration. Both are valid, but the 'more correct' transliteration is outdated since the media today, knowing it as a Ukrainian town, write it 'Feodosiya'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.185.146.80 (talk) 16:07, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Instead of quarreling about this I would have thought a link to this page might be appropriate, even entertaining: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_anti-NATO_protests_in_Feodosia. The quarrels about transliteration, transcription, plus the influence of a variety of languages will never cease. So - let's turn to something productive, one of them referring to the page above. 2001:8003:A921:6300:4D3:17B6:5962:EFF8 (talk) 23:54, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Alexader, Isac, etc.
Anittas added correct detailes, but not on the topic. Alexader Havras and Isaac Havras were the rulers of the Principality of Theodoro, south-western Crimea. In 1475 Stephen III of Moldavia really helped his brother-in-law, Alexander, to replace Isaac. But these facts are not simpliciter connected with the history of Genoesian Caffa. Don Alessandro 16:23, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, this is about the city of Caffa, isn't it? Caffa redirects here, so how can it not be on topic? Stephen was married to a Byzantine princess whose father was the ruler of Mangup Kale. He would probably have Stephen inherit his land, or part of his land. Venice and Genoa wanted Stephen to make a coalition with the Tatars against the Ottomans, and for this he needed to secure and gain power in that area (Caffa and Mangup). He sent 500 men to defend the fortress, but that wasn't enough. After Battle of Vaslui, Stephen was too weak to try and defend the fortress, but he still tried. When the two fortresses fell, Stephen was then attacked from two directions: Tatars attacked from north and the Ottomans from the south. The Tatars were destroyed, but the Ottomans would advance, even after lossing 30,000, and gain a victory at the Battle of Valea Alba. Venice and Genoa then tried again to make a coalition, or at least have Stephen to regain the fortresses, but the Pope had no money to send him, so the cause was lost. Forty-thousand people were enslaved from the Principality of Magup and sent to Constantinople. Only one ship made it to Moldavia, where a Greek was captain of. He killed the Turks and drove in to Chilia. I think that adding two sentences explaining the fall of the city is quite important. I don't understand why Ghir must remove everything that I write. I would like the info readded. --Candide, or Optimism 01:14, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Btw, I think that the other name versions should be added to the info, including the Italian version of the name (Caffa or Kaffa). --Candide, or Optimism 10:33, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

In 1475, Stephen III of Moldavia sent his brother-in-law, Alexander Gabras, to Caffa with the purpose of replacing a local ruler from the Gabrades family, who was Alexander's own brother and vassal to the Ottomans.

Dear friends! Stephen III sent Alexander Gabras (Havras, Gavras) not to Caffa, but to the city of Theodoro (Feodoro) - today's Mangup-Kale. And Isaac Gabras was the Prince of Theodoro. The House of Gabras was the ruling family of the Principality of Theodoro. Gabrases never ruled Caffa, and even never lived there! Genoesian Caffa and Greek Theodoro were two differen states, and there were several wars between them. That is why I've said that Anittas' additions were not on the topic. These facts are quite correct, but they have no direct connection to the history of the city of Caffa. Don Alessandro 12:54, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Although I touched the topic of the Gabrades in various articles in the past, I feel I have to write a separate article for this confusion to cease. --Ghirla | talk 13:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, in that case, I apologize. I confused Theodoro to Theodosia. The info should be removed from this article. I know for sure that both Caffa and Mangup-Kale were allies of Moldavia. It would be nice to have a map for these cities. Don, if you have more info on Stephen and his relation to Caffa, and his pretentions to the land, or whatever, feel free to inform me on my talkpage. Thanks. --Candide, or Optimism 14:00, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

City name
I agree with Ghirlandajo that the page should be moved to Feodosiya. GoogleEarth has it mentioned as Feodosiya; that should account for something. Errabee 15:55, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Modern Britannica and media use Feodosiya. I support moving it. --Irpen 20:42, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Theodosia is antiquated, although I like the sound of it. -- Ghirla -трёп-  07:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * In that case we should move St. Petersburg to Sankt-Peterburg and Moscow to Moskva. Cossack 07:37, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Not really. The modern English books and media use Moscow for the capital of Russia. For whatever reason they use Feodosiya for this Crimean city. We should just use the most recognizable name which is the most frequently used one. The usage changed since 1911. If in another 100 years NYTimes and Britannica will consistently use Moskva, WP will do so too (provided all three will still be around). --Irpen 07:41, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * There is a Theodosia, Missouri which according to this was founded in 1886 and re-founded in 1960 with no connection at all to Theodosia/Feodosia. A (weak) argument in favour of making the shift, perhaps? --Pan Gerwazy 12:13, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Maybe we should go for accuracy and style, and not copying the media and Britannica? Cossack 20:16, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

"Copying the media" is another name for "following the most widely accepted English usage", which is required by WP:NC. --Irpen 02:40, 9 October 2006 (UTC)


 * (1) Per GoogleFight, Feodosia is the most widely used name.
 * (2) Theodosia is the original Greek name. Feodosiya is the Russian name, as the city was part of Russian Empire, and RSFSR. Feodosiia is the Ukrainian name, as the city was part of Ukrainian SSR and now is part of Ukraine.
 * (3) The city is located in Ukraine. If it has no unique widely accepted English name (as it likely), per WP:NC, "for geographic names in Ukraine, the Ukrainian National system is used", which prescibes to use Feodosiia. --MapLover 21:12, 9 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I believe that originally Феодосия was spelled with the letter Fita (Ѳ), and would be thus properly transliterated from its Greek origins as "Th". Cossack 23:01, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Moved as requested. bd2412 T 16:46, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Feodosiya → Feodosia – WP:COMMONNAME  Ե րևանցի  talk  10:35, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
 * "Feodosia" Crimea - 6,270 results
 * "Feodosiya" Crimea - 3,890 results

By the way, I'm not suggesting Theodosia, since it was mostly used through the 19th century and isn't common nowadays -- Ե րևանցի talk  10:35, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Support per nom, mostly. Red Slash 09:15, 29 December 2013 (UTC)

By the way, Google Books: Feodosia 30,300; Feodosiya 8,750; Feodosiia: 1,960. --Moscow Connection (talk)
 * Shouldn't it be Feodosiia per WP:UKR/WP:UKR/National transliteration table? Is there any reason this city should be excepted from the normal transliteration rules?  It's not as well known to English speakers as Kiev or Odessa, and Theodosia, not Feodosia, appears to be the English exonym.  —  AjaxSmack   02:38, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I think it would look very strange...


 * Support. My reasoning is that when transliterating into Cyrillic, we change "ia" in the word endings to "ия". It sounds and looks natural in Russian like this. So it should be natural to change "ия" to "ia" when transliterating back. --Moscow Connection (talk) 13:43, 31 December 2013 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Nationality
Feodosia should not be shown as "Country: Russia/Ukraine[1]". The city is part of Crimea, which is part of Ukraine, both legally and under international law. Only Russia and two of its satellite countries recognize Russian rule. Therefore the city should be shown as "Ukraine (under Russian military occupation)".101.98.138.52 (talk) 08:25, 14 May 2015 (UTC)

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2014 Russian annexation section
This section is copy-pasted also into Yevpatoria, Yalta, Kerch and Sevastopol pages by  without any intro and with bare in-line references. This information is already in Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation article, and no information from this section makes a connection to the towns mentioned. As those articles stand, these sections should be removed, till relevant RS information for those specific sections can be provided. Smeagol 17 (talk) 15:10, 12 April 2020 (UTC)

Semi Protected Edit Request
A line under the "Kefe (Ottoman)" section uses the term "Istanbul" for historical Constantinople at one point. I think this should be changed to using Constantinople across the board for consistency and accuracy.

How long does Russia need to comfortably hold a piece of land before it becomes theirs?
Russia is approaching a decade of control in Crimea, it should be reviewed to show Russia as the country of the towns and cities within now. To stay accurate with the reality 2001:56A:FC20:3C00:5BD:C869:6853:F2BF (talk) 23:31, 23 September 2022 (UTC)


 * You do know that there's a major war going on? AnonMoos (talk) 02:37, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Feodosia: map spam
Feodosia lat,long:
 * 45.048889,35.379167 = spam (current)
 * 45.022496,35.3231897 = Genoese Fortress, Feodosia
 * 45.0214958,35.3970795 = Genoese fortress, Starokarantynna Street, Feodosia
 * 45.022038,35.400664 = File:Feodosiya Genoese fortress of Caffa IMG 2991 1725.jpg
 * 45.022378, 35.400333 = lower Tower, Genoese fortress, Starokarantynna Street, Feodosia
 * 45.0215621,35.3992733 = upper Tower, Genoese fortress, Starokarantynna Street, Feodosia

Since "upper Tower, Genoese fortress" is intact and clear in satellite imagery I chose 45.0215621,35.3992733  ...GeoHack is not as precise...
 * .... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 21:04, 17 August 2023 (UTC)


 * Medieval town's administrative center was situated in citadel, which formed a ring around the rocky Quarantine Hill near the Black Sea coast. There were consular castle, mint, bishop's residence, court building (from its balcony consular decrees were announced), as well as storages and shops, for Kafa was an important transit point of international trade. Citadel's solid walls were up to 718-meter long, 11-meter high and 2-meter wide. The outer defensive belt consisted of 26 towers and walls that connected them, stretching for 5,5 kilometers.
 * 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 21:10, 17 August 2023 (UTC)