HGC Description

This document provides an overview of the Historical Gazetteer of Crimea (HGC), starting with a review of the information sources used to create the gazetteer, followed by descriptions of the HGC databases and database format. The means of accessing the HGC databases are then presented, two examples of HGC database visualization are provided, and directions for future work are outlined. The authors encourage students, researchers, and the public to use HGC materials in their investigations of this historically and currently critical region of the world.本文档对克里米亚历史地名词典（Historical Gazetteer of Crimea, HGC）进行整体概述。开篇先梳理了该辞典构建所依托的信息来源，随后介绍了HGC数据库及其存储格式；继而阐述了HGC数据库的访问途径，提供了两个HGC数据库可视化应用案例，并勾勒了后续研究方向。作者呼吁学生、科研人员及社会公众在研究这片兼具历史与现实关键意义的区域时，可参考使用HGC相关资料。