NEET 10/7/2024 00:46:00 No. 907537 [Open] [Reply] Actions report Translate Thread... Hide Thread Translate... Hide Post In 1453, the Republic of Genoa ceded its Crimean possessions to the Bank of St. George, a private enterprise to which it was heavily in debt. The Ghisolfi family continued to rule Matrega and the surrounding region on behalf of the Bank.