- Crimea - Wikipedia
Called the Tauric Peninsula until the early modern period, Crimea has historically been at the boundary between the classical world and the steppe Greeks colonized its southern fringe and were absorbed by the Roman and Byzantine Empires and successor states while remaining culturally Greek
- Crimea | History, Map, Geography, Kerch Strait Bridge | Britannica
Crimea, autonomous republic, southern Ukraine The republic is coterminous with the Crimean Peninsula, lying between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov In 2014 Russia covertly invaded and illegally annexed Crimea, a move that was denounced by the international community
- What has happened in Crimea since Russias invasion?
It has been 11 years since Russia took control of Crimea but Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has put the peninsula back in the global spotlight Here's what you need to know
- Crimea - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crimea Satellite picture of Crimea Crimea, (Ukrainian: Крим) sometimes also called The Crimea, is a peninsula in the Black Sea The peninsula separates the Black Sea from the Sea of Azov Crimea has a surface of 26,081 square kilometres (10,070 sq mi) About 2 4 million people live there The Ottoman Empire had the peninsula for a long time
- Crimea profile - BBC News
Crimea lies on a peninsula stretching out from the south of Ukraine between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov It is separated from Russia to the east by the narrow Kerch Strait
- Explainer-Where is Crimea and why is it contested?
Crimea, which juts out into the Black Sea off southern Ukraine, was absorbed into the Russian Empire along with most ethnic Ukrainian territory by Catherine the Great in the 18th century
- Crimea - WorldAtlas
Crimea, formerly known as the Tauric Peninsula, is a peninsula in Eastern Europe surrounded by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov The Isthmus of Perekop connect the peninsula to Kherson on mainland Ukraine, with the Strait of Kerch separating it from Kuban, Russia
- The Complex and Contentious History of Crimea - TheCollector
Since 2022, Crimea has been the target of Ukrainian reprisals against Russian forces, usually by means of missile and drone attacks The future of Crimea hinges heavily on the outcome of the current Russo-Ukrainian War
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