Staryi Krym
Staryi Krym (Ukrainian: Старий Крим; Crimean Tatar: Eski Qırım; Russian: Старый Крым; Armenian: Հիմ Ղրիմ lit. 'Old Crimea' in all four languages) is a small historical city and former bishopric in Kirovske (Isliam-Terek) Raion of Crimea, Ukraine. It has been occupied by Russia since 2014 (see Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation). It is located in the Eastern Crimean Peninsula, approximately 25 km (15 mi.) west of Theodosia. Population: 9,277 (2014 Census).[1]
This article is about the historical town in Crimea. For the settlement of Staryi Krym lying east of Mariupol, see Staryi Krym, Donetsk Oblast.
Staryi Krym
Старий Крим
Старый Крым
Eski Qırım
Старый Крым
Eski Qırım
Ukraine (occupied by Russia)
Crimea (de jure)
Feodosia Raion (de jure)
Crimea (de facto)
Kirovske District (de facto)
9.97 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
300 m (1,000 ft)
9,277
1,000/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
+7-36555
Solkhat (until the 14th century)
As Phulli, it was one of the bishoprics in the Roman client-state, later province, of the Bosporan Kingdom, where no imperial metropolis was established, and it faded under heathen rule.
The diocese was nominally restored in 1929, as a Latin Catholic titular archbishopric (Curiate Italian name Fulli).
It has been vacant for decades, having had the following incumbents of the intermediary (archiepiscopal) rank:
