Report on Crimea's Situation
Crimean Report
Crimea is an autonomous republic that elects its own parliament and a Prime Minister, who requires the approval of Ukrainian authorities since Crimea is a part of Ukraine. It is located in the Crimean Peninsula that is almost an island being connected to the mainland, Ukraine, by a narrow strip of land called the Isthmus Perekop. It also almost extends into Russia being separated only by the Strait of Kerch. It is surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov, to the east. Crimea has a population of 2.3 million people and an economy focused on tourism and services. Crimea’s perturbed history, including the constant switch between nations in control, crucial geographic region that is almost connected to both Russia and barely connected to Ukraine as well as the ethnic mixtures, meaning the 58% ethnic Russian 24% ethnic Crimean and 12% Crimean Tatar have led to the current conflict between Russia, Ukraine and Crimea. Crimea has shown clear signs of separatist ideals emerging for some time. Crimea was under the influence of Greek and Roman Empire for centuries until in 1443 it fell under the control of the Tatar Khanate. Later the Tatar were replaced by the Ottoman empire, however the Tatar Crimean ethnic group remained a majority in the region, until the control of the region by the USSR. During the reign of Catherine the great Russia took over the area in the year of 1783. In the 19th century rival imperial ambitions led to the Crimean War. In the year of 1853 Britain and France were suspicious of Russian ambitions in the Balkan Region as the Ottoman empire declined. They initiated a war that lasted for 3 years until the Russian fort at Sevastopol fell and a peace treaty was arranged in Paris, where Russia signed an agreemene. Later Crimea was given autonomous republic status within after the Bolshevik Revolution. In 1940s it was taken by the Nazis and as a consequence once the World War II was finished Joseph Stalin, accused the
Crimea is an autonomous republic that elects its own parliament and a Prime Minister, who requires the approval of Ukrainian authorities since Crimea is a part of Ukraine. It is located in the Crimean Peninsula that is almost an island being connected to the mainland, Ukraine, by a narrow strip of land called the Isthmus Perekop. It also almost extends into Russia being separated only by the Strait of Kerch. It is surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov, to the east. Crimea has a population of 2.3 million people and an economy focused on tourism and services. Crimea’s perturbed history, including the constant switch between nations in control, crucial geographic region that is almost connected to both Russia and barely connected to Ukraine as well as the ethnic mixtures, meaning the 58% ethnic Russian 24% ethnic Crimean and 12% Crimean Tatar have led to the current conflict between Russia, Ukraine and Crimea. Crimea has shown clear signs of separatist ideals emerging for some time. Crimea was under the influence of Greek and Roman Empire for centuries until in 1443 it fell under the control of the Tatar Khanate. Later the Tatar were replaced by the Ottoman empire, however the Tatar Crimean ethnic group remained a majority in the region, until the control of the region by the USSR. During the reign of Catherine the great Russia took over the area in the year of 1783. In the 19th century rival imperial ambitions led to the Crimean War. In the year of 1853 Britain and France were suspicious of Russian ambitions in the Balkan Region as the Ottoman empire declined. They initiated a war that lasted for 3 years until the Russian fort at Sevastopol fell and a peace treaty was arranged in Paris, where Russia signed an agreemene. Later Crimea was given autonomous republic status within after the Bolshevik Revolution. In 1940s it was taken by the Nazis and as a consequence once the World War II was finished Joseph Stalin, accused the
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