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Crimea
Crimea (Krym) Peninsula in
s Ukraine that extends into the Black Sea,
w of the Azov Sea and joined to the mainland by the Perekop Isthmus. Simferopol is the capital. The Crimea was inhabited from the 10th to 8th centuries
bc by the Cimmerians. During the 5th century, it was colonized by the Greeks and then by Romans, Ostrogoths, Huns, Mongols, Byzantines and Turks, before being annexed to Russia in 1783. In 1921 it became an autonomous republic of Russia, and in 1954 was transferred to the Ukraine as the Krymskaya oblast. In 1991 it was made an autonomous republic of an independent Ukraine. The region has many mineral resources, notably iron and gypsum, and intensive agriculture. Area:
c.27,000sq km (10,425sq mi). Pop. (2002 est.) 2,073,100.
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Crimea Wants Reunification With Russia
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 3/16/1994; 700+ words
; ...Crimean Peninsula. For a long time, Crimea was part of Russia, but Soviet authorities...newly-independent Ukraine. Last month Crimea's largely Russian population elected...referendum later this month on whether Crimea should become part of Russia, an act...
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Separatist Storm Brewing in Crimea; Return to Russia Beckons as Promises of Ukraine Independence Falter
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/14/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Separatist fever is particularly strong here in Crimea, a sun-splashed vacation mecca blessed...including the CIA, separatist sentiment in Crimea - and similar rumblings in Ukraine's...well as stability inside Ukraine. In Crimea, where not long ago leading political...
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Ukraine's Troubles in Crimea Take New Turn; Reconciliation of Russian Separatists Advances, but Now Returning Tatars Make Demands
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/4/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...until 1994, the separatist passions of Crimea's ethnic Russian majority roiled Ukraine...leader, Refat Chubarov. Last month, as Crimea's parliament here in the regional capital...of a presidential commission to resolve Crimea's ethnic struggle. The Russian separatist...
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Crimea contemplates long road back to Russia
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/8/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...domains. Yalta, along with the rest of the Crimea, voted overwhelmingly last week in favour...Russia". The result mirrors the makeup of Crimea's population: two-thirds Russian...decision by Nikita Krushchev to transfer Crimea from Russia to Ukraine. When Krushchev...
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Ukraine confronts rebellious Crimea
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/21/1994; ; 700+ words
; A DANGEROUS war of nerves between Crimea and Ukraine escalated sharply yesterday...Ukrainian parliament responded by suspending Crimea's constitution. Ukrainian MPs gave...which will allow conscripts to serve in Crimea and thus avoid being sent to parts of...
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The Social-Psychological Roots of the Ethnic Problems in Crimea.
Magazine article from: Demokratizatsiya; 3/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; Crimea is one of many regions of the former Soviet...the Soviet era. Now a part of Ukraine, Crimea struggles with political upheaval, brewing...Greeks, Germans, Jews, and others. Crimea was considered a part of Russian territory...
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Presidential elections and continuing tensions in Crimea
Newspaper article from: Ukrainian Weekly, The; 3/27/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...Presidential elections and continuing tensions in Crimea. by Dr. Roman Solchanyk RFE/RL Research...Meshkov, head of the Republican Party of the Crimea (Party of the Republican Movement of Crimea), gained 72.92 percent of the votes, far...
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Crimea: Caught in the Middle; Russia, Ukraine Use Peninsula as Pawn in Fleet Dispute
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/13/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...world, the lush Black Sea peninsula of Crimea has found itself caught up in a tug of...the Great's expansionist drive south, Crimea has dominated the Russian imagination...empire's most famous battlegrounds. But Crimea has been part of Ukraine for nearly 40...
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Crimea boasts unbeatable historical and natural wonders
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 8/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...washed coves and succulent apricots of Crimea were treasured by visitors _ so treasured...rooms with reliable hot water. Yet, Crimea's natural and historical wonders remain...era, communist elites who summered on Crimea's shores ensured it had the country...
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Crimea Catches Sovereignty Bug; Coveted Region Wants Freedom From Newly Free Ukraine
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...independence from Ukraine. And if the Crimea, with 2.5 million residents, becomes a country, the leaders of northern Crimea promise to secede in turn. Like the...and other state structures. But the Crimea, beloved by czars, poets and Communist...
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Crimea
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Crimea A peninsula in the Black Sea off the Ukrainian coast. An autonomous republic of the Soviet Union, it was occupied by the Germans...
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Crimean Tatars
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Tatary Orientation Identification. The Crimea had been settled by diverse Asian and...From the early fifteenth century, the Crimea was dominated by a Tatar Khanate ruled...anti-Bolshevik forces wound down, the Crimea was designated the Crimean Autonomous...
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Karaites
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Many Karaites returned from Galicia and Volynia to the Crimea. In Crimea, Karaites moved from the mountains to the coast...At the same time Karaites were migrating from the Crimea to other Black Sea cities (Odessa, Nikolaev, Kherson...
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Tatars
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...khanates of Kazan , Astrakhan , Sibir , and Crimea emerged. In the 16th cent. Russia conquered...and Sibir (Siberia); the khans of Crimea became (1478) vassals of the Ottoman...History In 1783 the last Tatar state, Crimea, was annexed to Russia. The Nogais were...
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Krymchaks
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Tatar. Before the Russian conquest of the Crimea in 1783, the entire Jewish population...Karasubazar in the piedmont part of the Crimea. During the nineteenth and the beginning...Simferopol', an administrative center of the Crimea in the steppe zone. At present, the...
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