Following the dissolution of the soviet union, the republic of crimea was formed in 1992, although the republic was abolished in 1995, with the autonomous republic of crimea. The future of crimea is now at the centre of president donald trump's peace plan and has prompted ukraine's volodymyr zelensky to rule out recognising russian control of the. Crimea’s unique location makes it a strategically important asset, and russia has spent centuries fighting for it.
Provides an overview of crimea, ukrainian territory militarily occupied by russia since 2014. The soviet fleet in crimea was in contention, but a 1997 treaty allowed. 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.
After ukrainian independence in 1991, most of the peninsula was reorganized as the autonomous republic of crimea. Crimea’s unique location makes it a strategically important asset, and russia has spent centuries fighting for it. The republic is coterminous with the crimean peninsula, lying between the black sea and the sea of azov. 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.
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