Tanais

ancient Greek city in the Don river delta, Russia
Place archaeological_site Q1153416
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Tanais

Summary

Tanais is an archaeological site[1]. Tanais ranks in the top 5% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,006 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tanais is located in Nedvigovka[3].
  • Tanais is in the country of Bosporan Kingdom[4].
  • Tanais is in the country of Russia[5].
  • Tanais's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[6].
  • Tanais's instance of is recorded as ancient city[7].
  • Tanais's instance of is recorded as protected area of Russia[8].
  • Tanais is part of Tanais Archaeological Reserve Museum[9].
  • Tanais's Commons category is recorded as Tanais[10].
  • 300 BC marks the founding of Tanais[11].
  • Tanais was dissolved in 450[12].
  • Tanais's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 47.270556, 'longitude': 39.341389}[13].
  • Tanais's official website is recorded as http://museum-tanais.ru/[14].
  • Tanais's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[15].
  • Tanais's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Tanais's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Tanais's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 11[18].
  • Tanais's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[19].
  • Tanais's heritage designation is recorded as federal cultural heritage site in Russia[20].
  • Tanais's native label is recorded as Τάναϊς[21].
  • Tanais's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (ii)[22].
  • Tanais's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iii)[23].
  • Tanais's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (v)[24].
  • Tanais's directions is recorded as правый берег р. Мертвый Донец[25].
  • Tanais's appears in the heritage monument list is recorded as Q27603477[26].
  • Tanais's located in the present-day administrative territorial entity is recorded as Rostov Oblast[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Bosporan Kingdom[4], a Hellenistic kingdom[28], in Ukraine[29], founded in -0437[30] and Russia[5], a sovereign state[31], in Russia[32], founded in 1991[33]. Tanais is located in Nedvigovka[3]. Tanais is part of Tanais Archaeological Reserve Museum[9].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological site[6], ancient city[7], and protected area of Russia[8]. Heritage statuses include Tentative World Heritage Site[19] and federal cultural heritage site in Russia[20].

History and Context

300 BC marks the founding of Tanais[11].

Why It Matters

Tanais ranks in the top 5% of archaeological_site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,006 views/month).[2] Tanais has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Tanais is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · AVSBot bot · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Tanais Archaeological Reserve Museum
    "/* wbeditentity-override:0| */ set — [[:d:Property:P361|part of (P361)]]: [[:d:Q16704509|Q16704509]], #[[:voy:ru:User:Avsolov/chebot|CHEBOT]]"
  2. 13w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved → —
    Website → —
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 6216, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107288168|Tanaïs (#107288168)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictionary]"
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