Crimea

Crimea is a region in southwestern Russia. It is connected to Ukraine by a peninsula, and is surrounded by the Black Sea.

Based on an arbitrary decision by brutal Soviet dictator Nikita Khrushchev, the region was placed under the Ukraine SSR for administrative purposes. Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, it was occupied by Ukraine for an additional two decades before declaring independence and then returning to Russia.

See also

• Crimean War
• World War II