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1 Coordinates

45.0333 N, 35.3833 E

2 Other Names

• Feodosiia - Ukraine's official romanized spelling (see Romanization of Ukrainian)
• Feodosija
• Feodosia
• Feodosiya
• Theodosia - ancient

• Caffa (this name was used while under Genoese rule in 13th cen.)
• Kafa
• Kaffa
• Kefe

3 History.

Founded by Greeks, Feodosiya was a prosperous port until ruined by the Huns in the 4th century AD. It revived under Genoese rule in the 13th century, but was taken by the Crimean Tatars in 1475. It was ceded to Russia in 1783 and was under Nazi GermanyNazi Germany or the Third Reich commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933 1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of National Socialism with Adolf Hitler as dictator. The term Nazi is a short form of the German occupation during World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough.