scholarly journals Minas Bżyszkian i jego relacja o Ormianach Lwowa

Lehahayer ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 159-193
Author(s):  
Tatevik E. Sargsyan
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Valuable Source ◽  
The Past ◽  
Source Of Information

Minas Bzhyshkyan and His Report on Armenians in LwówMinas Bzhyshkyan, an armenologist, philologist, pedagogue, historian, ethnographer, and musicologist was a member of the Armenian Catholic Mechitarists order. He travelled widely and took scrupulous notes of his journeys, which aided writing his monograph A Journey to Poland and other countries where exiles from Ani live. His work, crucial for research on Armenians in old Poland, was originally published in 1830 in Venice. It was written in classical Armenian, an ancient language of a highly ornate quality. The book is a valuable source of information on geography, architecture, and epigraphy of peoples living on territories travelled by Bzhyshkyan, as well as on the past and present of the Armenian diasporas in the Central Europe and the Black Sea Basin countries. The author presents data on the Armenian community of Lwów and evaluates it against information from other sources.

scholarly journals Contribution of the Black Sea observing system to ECOOP

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1695-1722 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. K. Korotaev ◽  
V. L. Dorofeev ◽  
S. V. Motyzhev ◽  
V. N. Belokopytov ◽  
A. Palazov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Remote Sensing ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Network Integration ◽  
The Past ◽  
Time Operation ◽  
Real Time Operation ◽  
Set Up

Abstract. Regular observations in the Black Sea basin started in the past century, and quite good multidisciplinary observing system operated in the 70–80ies based on the ship observations. Modern oceanographic observing system in the basin is built according to the GOOS principles. It includes space remote sensing observations, data of free floating buoys and costal observational network. Integration of the observing system and its real-time operation were started within the framework of the FP5 ARENA project and later were improved during the FP6 ASCABOS project. The coastal observing system which includes time series from the coastal platforms and multidisciplinary surveys of the coastal areas fulfilled by the research vessels was set up during the ECOOP. Paper describes all components of the Black Sea observing system operated during the ECOOP project and its applications in the framework of the project.

scholarly journals Decline of unique Pontocaspian biodiversity in the Black Sea Basin: a review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandre Gogaladze ◽  
Mikhail Son ◽  
Matteo Lattuada ◽  
Vitaliy Anistratenko ◽  
Vitaly Syomin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Detailed Knowledge ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mollusc Species ◽  
Anthropogenic Threats ◽  
Effective Conservation

Aim The unique aquatic Pontocaspian (PC) biota of the Black Sea Basin (BSB) is in decline. Lack of detailed knowledge on the status and trends of species, populations and communities hampers a thorough risk assessment and precludes effective conservation. This paper aims to review PC biodiversity trends using endemic molluscs as a model group. We aim to assess changes in PC habitats, community structure and species distribution over the past century and to identify direct anthropogenic threats. Location Black Sea Basin (Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Ukraine and Russia). Methods Presence/absence data of target mollusc species was assembled from literature, reports and personal observations. PC biodiversity trends in the NW BSB coastal regions were established by comparing 20th and 21st century occurrences. Direct drivers of habitat and biodiversity change were identified and documented. Results A very strong decline of PC species and communities during the past century is driven by a) damming of rivers, b) habitat modifications negatively affecting salinity gradients, c) pollution and eutrophication, d) invasive alien species and e) climate change. Four out of 10 studied regions, namely, the Danube Delta – Razim Lake system, Dniester Liman, Dnieper-South Bug Estuary and Taganrog Bay-Don Delta contain the entire spectrum of ecological conditions to support PC communities and still host threatened endemic PC mollusc species. Distribution data is incomplete, but the scale of deterioration of PC species and communities is evident from the assembled data, as are major direct threats. Main conclusions PC biodiversity in the BSB is profoundly affected by human activities. Standardised observation and collection data as well as precise definition of PC biota and habitats are necessary for targeted conservation actions. This study will help to set the research and policy agenda required to improve data collection to accommodate effective conservation of the unique PC biota.

Yazijioghlu 'Alī on the Christian Turks of the Dobruja

1952 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 639-668 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Wittek
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
Distinct Group ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Greek Orthodox ◽  
14Th Century ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Past ◽  
Greek Orthodox Church

The steppe which stretches between the Lower Danube and the Black Sea, from the Delta southward as far as the foothills of the Emine Dagh, and which since the middle of the 14th century has been called, after the Bulgarian prince Dobrotitsa, the Dobruja, is the homeland of a small Turkish-speaking people, the Gagauz. It is because of their religion that they appear as a distinct group among the Turks: they are Christians belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church. In the past the Gagauz may have constituted, among the various ethnic elements of the region, a group of considerable importance, especially in the southern and middle Dobruja, from Varna and Kaliakra towards Silistria on the Danube. Besides, small isolated groups of them are to be found also in the Balkans (where they are more commonly known by the name of Sorguch): in Eastern Thrace, round Hafsa, to the south-east of Adrianople, and in Macedonia, to the east and west of Salonica, round Zikhna (near Serres) and round Karaferia (Verria). In modern times the Gagauz of the Dobruja have shrunk to a feeble minority chiefly as a result of a prolonged and massive emigration into Bessarabia. To-day even this remnant is rapidly dwindling.

scholarly journals FINDS OF PIPIES FOR SMOKING OF THE 17th—18th CENTURIES FROM THE EXCAVATIONS IN PODILLYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-279
Author(s):  
A. A. Chekanovskyi
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
The Balkans

The article focuses on finds of pipes for smoking tobacco from excavations in Medzhybizh fortress and in Horodok town (Khmelnitskyi regoin of Ukraine). Analogs to this collection items from various sites of Ukraine, South East and central Europe are examined. Here is an attempt to identify the local particularity of the different smoking pipes types spreading in Podillya in the 17th—18th centuries. Styles of pipes which have counterparts in the Black Sea, in the Central Ukraine and in the Balkans were widespread in the territory of Podillya in the second half of the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. The similarity of the pipes type and variations, the presence of the same varieties is also an indicator of the ways and time of the spread of technological and decorative traditions. Pipes are an indicator of the links between of some micro-regions with others. Variations of pipes show the presence of certain ethnic and social groups.

The Black Sea—The Past, Present, and Future Status

2019 ◽  
pp. 363-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulaziz Güneroğlu ◽  
Osman Samsun ◽  
Muzaffer Feyzioğlu ◽  
Mustafa Dihkan
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
The Past ◽  
Future Status

First record of Rhyacophila pubescensPictet, 1834 (Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae) in the Republic of North Macedonia with notes on its ecology and distribution

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 28-34
Author(s):  
Valentina Slavevska-Stamenković ◽  
Jelena Hinić ◽  
Ioannis Karaouzas ◽  
Halil Ibrahimi ◽  
Danijela Mitić-Kopanja ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Population Studies ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
Valuable Source ◽  
Ecological Preferences ◽  
First Time ◽  
Source Of Information

The caddisfly species Rhyacophila pubescens Pictet, 1834 is reported from R. North Macedonia for the first time. Our investigations showed the presence of this species at only one locality at Osogovo Mountain, above the Sasa mine. R. pubescens is commonly distributed in Central Europe but has been rarely found in the southeastern parts of the continent. This record marks the southernmost occurrence of this species in the Balkan Peninsula and increases the number of Rhyacophila species of R. North Macedonia to seventeen. The results obtained in our study a) provide information on the distribution of R. pubescens in the Balkan Peninsula; b) comment on the ecological preferences of the species and c) serve as a valuable source of information for further biodiversity and population studies.

Reconstructing the Past Using the British Parliamentary Papers: The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 ◽  
pp. 117-132
Author(s):  
Joye Bowman
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
House Of Commons ◽  
Valuable Source ◽  
Vast Amount ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Past ◽  
Precise Sense ◽  
The Government ◽  
Source Of Information

The British Parliamentary Papers continue to be a valuable source of information for historians of the African past. A vast amount of material on African affairs involving British interests can be found in these Papers. This essay deals with the way that the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 was presented in the Parliamentary Papers, specifically volume 13 of the Irish University Reprint Series entitled Colonies—Africa: Southern Africa General, 1878-80. It examines the kind of information presented, as well as the kind of material not presented. It analyzes the function of these Papers in their own time and in secondary sources on the Anglo-Zulu War. Finally, it considers the kinds of questions historians must ask in order to make these documents as useful as possible.The term “Parliamentary Papers” used in the broadest sense refers to all of the official published records of the British Parliament. This includes the record of its proceedings and various debates; the reports of Parliamentary Committees and non-Parliamentary Committees; and the official documents of various departments that discuss routine business. In a narrower and more precise sense, the term “Parliamentary Papers refers to specific sets of papers that came before the House of Commons, were printed for Parliament's use, and were part of a numbered series of papers.” The papers in this narrower group are considered “Sessional Papers,” popularly called “Blue Books,” a name given them in the nineteenth century because the government printers bound the majority of the papers in blue covers.

scholarly journals A conservation palaeobiological approach to assess faunal response of threatened biota under natural and anthropogenic environmental change

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (12) ◽  
pp. 2423-2442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina van de Velde ◽  
Elisabeth L. Jorissen ◽  
Thomas A. Neubauer ◽  
Silviu Radan ◽  
Ana Bianca Pavel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Salinity Gradient ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Freshwater Species ◽  
Lake System ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mollusc Species

Abstract. Palaeoecological records are required to test ecological hypotheses necessary for conservation strategies as short-term observations can insufficiently capture natural variability and identify drivers of biotic change. Here, we demonstrate the importance of an integrated conservation palaeobiology approach when making validated decisions for conservation and mitigating action. Our model system is the Razim–Sinoie lake complex (RSL) in the Danube Delta (Black Sea coast, Romania), a dynamic coastal lake system hosting unique Pontocaspian mollusc species that are now severely under threat. The Pontocaspians refer to an endemic species group that evolved in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea basins under reduced salinity settings over the past few million years. The natural, pre-industrial RSL contained a salinity gradient from fresh to mesohaline (18 ppm) until human intervention reduced the inflow of mesohaline Black Sea water into the lake system. We reconstruct the evolution of the RSL over the past 2000 years from integrated sedimentary facies and faunal analyses based on 11 age-dated sediment cores and investigate the response of mollusc species and communities to those past environmental changes. Three species associations (“marine”, “Pontocaspian” and “freshwater”) exist and their spatio-temporal shifts through the system are documented. Variable salinity gradients developed, with marine settings (and faunas) dominating in the southern part of the system and freshwater conditions (and faunas) in the northern and western parts. Pontocaspian species have mostly occurred in the centre of the RSL within the marine–freshwater salinity gradient. Today, freshwater species dominate the entire system, and only a single Pontocaspian species (Monodacna colorata) is found alive. We show that the human-induced reduced marine influence in the system has been a major driver of the decline of the endemic Pontocaspian biota. It urges improved conservation action by re-establishing a salinity gradient in the lake system to preserve these unique species.

scholarly journals History of the studying of fauna of Ponticus decapods

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. Anosov ◽  
S. M. Ignatyev
Keyword(s):  
Species Composition ◽  
Black Sea ◽  
Native Species ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of

The history of the decapods crustaceans study in Pontus region over the past two centuries is described by analysis based on the source literary. The description shows how researcher’s attitudes at the composition and origin of the fauna of the Black Sea have changed over the time. The contribution of non-native species in biodiversity of decapods region is estimated. The results of the modern revision of the species composition of these crustaceans are made.

scholarly journals A conservation palaeobiological approach to assess faunal response of threatened biota under natural and anthropogenic environmental change

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabrina van de Velde ◽  
Elisabeth L. Jorissen ◽  
Thomas A. Neubauer ◽  
Silviu Radan ◽  
Ana Bianca Pavel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
Salinity Gradient ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Freshwater Species ◽  
Lake System ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mollusc Species

Abstract. Palaeoecological records are required to test ecological hypotheses necessary for conservation strategies as short-term observations can be insufficiently to capture natural variability and identify drivers of biotic change. Here, we demonstrate the importance of an integrated conservation palaeobiology approach to make validated decisions for conservation and mitigating action. Our model system is the Razim-Sinoie Lake complex (RSL) in the Danube Delta (Black Sea coast, Romania), a dynamic coastal lake system hosting unique Pontocaspian mollusc species that are now severely under threat. The Pontocaspians refer to an endemic species group that evolved in the Black Sea and Caspian Sea basins under reduced salinity settings over the past few million years. The natural, pre-industrial RSL contained a salinity gradient from fresh to mesohaline (18 ppm), until human interventions reduced the inflow of mesohaline Black Sea water into the lake system. We reconstruct the evolution of the RSL over the past 2000 years from integrated sedimentary facies and faunal analyses based on 11 age-dated sediment cores and investigate the response of mollusc species and communities to those past environmental changes. Three species associations (marine, Pontocaspian, freshwater) exist and their spatiotemporal shifts through the system are documented. Variable salinity gradients developed, with marine settings (and faunas) dominating in the southern part of the system and freshwater conditions (and faunas) in the northern and western parts. Pontocaspian species have mostly occurred in the centre of the RSL within the marine–freshwater salinity gradient. Today, freshwater species dominate the entire system, and only a single Pontocaspian species (Monodacna colorata) is found alive. We show that the human-induced reduced marine influence in the system has been a major driver of the decline of the endemic Pontocaspian biota. It urges for improved conservation actions by re-establishing a salinity gradient in the lake system to preserve these unique species.

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