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The Black Sea and that of Azof are dependencies of it.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by Draper, John William

According to Priscus they settled first on the eastern shore of the Sea of Azof, lived by hunting, and increased their substance by no kind of labour, but only by defrauding and plundering their neighbours.

From Bulgaria by Fox, Frank, Sir

This new system, which was in fact an interdict upon the Sea of Azof, told of course in favour of Kertch.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de

He fled from Cherson and took refuge with the Khan of the Khazars, the Tartar tribe who dwelt east of the Sea of Azof.

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick

The restitution of Azof, and the destruction of Taganrok, stipulated in the treaty of the Pruth, thus became the primary cause of the Russian expeditions against the trans-Caucasian provinces.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de