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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C4%B1m_Muxtar_Respublikas%C4%B1" title="Krım Muxtar Respublikası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Krım Muxtar Respublikası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="قیریم موختار جومهوریتی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قیریم موختار جومهوریتی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea_Ch%C5%AB-t%C4%AB_Ki%C5%8Dng-h%C3%B4-kok" title="Crimea Chū-tī Kiōng-hô-kok – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Crimea Chū-tī Kiōng-hô-kok" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%A0%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D2%BB%D1%8B" title="Ҡырым Автономиялы Республикаһы – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Ҡырым Автономиялы Республикаһы" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC" title="Аўтаномная Рэспубліка Крым – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Аўтаномная Рэспубліка Крым" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC" title="Аўтаномная Рэспубліка Крым – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Аўтаномная Рэспубліка Крым" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC" title="Автономна република Крим – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Автономна република Крим" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rep%C3%BAblica_Aut%C3%B2noma_de_Crimea" title="República Autònoma de Crimea – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="República Autònoma de Crimea" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BB%C4%83_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Автономлă Крым Республики – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Автономлă Крым Республики" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Autonomous Republic of Crimea – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Autonomous Republic of Crimea" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomn%C3%AD_republika_Krym" title="Autonomní republika Krym – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Autonomní republika Krym" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republica_Aut%C3%B2noma_di_Crimea" title="Republica Autònoma di Crimea – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Republica Autònoma di Crimea" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonome_Republik_Krim" title="Autonome Republik Krim – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Autonome Republik Krim" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonome_Republik_Krim" title="Autonome Republik Krim – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Autonome Republik Krim" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awtonomna_republika_Krim" title="Awtonomna republika Krim – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Awtonomna republika Krim" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krimm" title="Krimm – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Krimm" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%85%CF%84%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B7_%CE%94%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9A%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Αυτόνομη Δημοκρατία της Κριμαίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αυτόνομη Δημοκρατία της Κριμαίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rep%C3%BAblica_Aut%C3%B3noma_de_Crimea" title="República Autónoma de Crimea – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="República Autónoma de Crimea" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%ADtonoma_Respubliko_Krimeo" title="Aŭtonoma Respubliko Krimeo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Aŭtonoma Respubliko Krimeo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krimeako_Errepublika_Autonomoa" title="Krimeako Errepublika Autonomoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Krimeako Errepublika Autonomoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%87" title="جمهوری خودمختار کریمه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جمهوری خودمختار کریمه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9publique_autonome_de_Crim%C3%A9e" title="République autonome de Crimée – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="République autonome de Crimée" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pobblaght_Hene-reiltagh_y_Chrimeea" title="Pobblaght Hene-reiltagh y Chrimeea – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Pobblaght Hene-reiltagh y Chrimeea" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C4%B1m_Avtonom_Republikas%C4%B1" title="Krım Avtonom Republikası – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="Krım Avtonom Republikası" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Crimea" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-got badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://got.wikipedia.org/wiki/%F0%90%8D%83%F0%90%8C%B9%F0%90%8C%BB%F0%90%8C%B1%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8D%83%F0%90%8D%84%F0%90%8C%B9%F0%90%8C%BF%F0%90%8D%82%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%BD%F0%90%8C%B3%F0%90%8C%B4%F0%90%8C%B9_%F0%90%8C%B8%F0%90%8C%B9%F0%90%8C%BF%F0%90%8C%B3%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8D%85%F0%90%8C%B0%F0%90%8C%B9%F0%90%8C%B7%F0%90%8D%84%F0%90%8D%83_%F0%90%8C%BA%F0%90%8D%82%F0%90%8C%B4%F0%90%8C%B9%F0%90%8C%BC%F0%90%8C%B9%F0%90%8D%83" title="𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃 – Gothic" lang="got" hreflang="got" data-title="𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌱𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌴𐌹 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 𐌺𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌼𐌹𐍃" data-language-autonym="𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺" data-language-local-name="Gothic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%AC%EB%A6%BC_%EC%9E%90%EC%B9%98_%EA%B3%B5%ED%99%94%EA%B5%AD" title="크림 자치 공화국 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="크림 자치 공화국" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%82%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%AB_%D4%BB%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80_%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Ղրիմի Ինքնավար Հանրապետություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ղրիմի Ինքնավար Հանրապետություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awtonomna_republika_Krim" title="Awtonomna republika Krim – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Awtonomna republika Krim" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomna_Republika_Krim" title="Autonomna Republika Krim – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Autonomna Republika Krim" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonoma_republiko_Krimea" title="Autonoma republiko Krimea – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Autonoma republiko Krimea" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republik_Otonom_Krimea" title="Republik Otonom Krimea – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Republik Otonom Krimea" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8A%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%8B_%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%C3%A6" title="Хъырымы Автономон Республикæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Хъырымы Автономон Республикæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repubblica_autonoma_di_Crimea" title="Repubblica autonoma di Crimea – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Repubblica autonoma di Crimea" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%95%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D" title="הרפובליקה האוטונומית של קרים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הרפובליקה האוטונומית של קרים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republik_Otonom_Krim%C3%A9a" title="Republik Otonom Kriméa – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Republik Otonom Kriméa" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A7%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90" title="ყირიმის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ყირიმის ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%B9tonomiczn%C3%B4_Rep%C3%B9blika_Krim" title="Aùtonomicznô Repùblika Krim – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Aùtonomicznô Repùblika Krim" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8B%D2%9B_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Қырым Автономиялық Республикасы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Қырым Автономиялық Республикасы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komara_Xweser_a_Kr%C3%AEm%C3%AA" title="Komara Xweser a Krîmê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Komara Xweser a Krîmê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Крым Республикасы – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Крым Республикасы" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republica_autonoma_de_la_Crim" title="Republica autonoma de la Crim – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Republica autonoma de la Crim" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krimas_Autonom%C4%81_Republika" title="Krimas Autonomā Republika – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Krimas Autonomā Republika" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krymo_autonomin%C4%97_respublika" title="Krymo autonominė respublika – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Krymo autonominė respublika" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repubblega_Utonoma_de_Crimeja" title="Repubblega Utonoma de Crimeja – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Repubblega Utonoma de Crimeja" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kr%C3%ADmi_Auton%C3%B3m_K%C3%B6zt%C3%A1rsas%C3%A1g" title="Krími Autonóm Köztársaság – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Krími Autonóm Köztársaság" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC" title="Автономна Република Крим – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Автономна Република Крим" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repoblika_Mizakatenan%27_i_Krimea" title="Repoblika Mizakatenan' i Krimea – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Repoblika Mizakatenan' i Krimea" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF" title="ക്രിമിയ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ക്രിമിയ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A7%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9E%E1%83%A3%E1%83%91%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%90" title="ყირიმიშ ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ყირიმიშ ავტონომიური რესპუბლიკა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="كريميا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كريميا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D2%AF%D0%B3%D0%B4_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85_%D3%A8%D3%A9%D1%80%D1%82%D3%A9%D3%A9_%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%85_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%A3%D0%BB%D1%81" title="Бүгд Найрамдах Өөртөө Засах Крым Улс – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Бүгд Найрамдах Өөртөө Засах Крым Улс" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonome_republiek_van_de_Krim" title="Autonome republiek van de Krim – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Autonome republiek van de Krim" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A2%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E5%85%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%9B%BD" title="クリミア自治共和国 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="クリミア自治共和国" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%93%D3%80%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Автономин Республика ГӀирма – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Автономин Республика ГӀирма" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonoom_Republiik_Krim" title="Autonoom Republiik Krim – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Autonoom Republiik Krim" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_autonome_republikken_Krim" title="Den autonome republikken Krim – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Den autonome republikken Krim" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Крым Автоном Республик – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="Крым Автоном Республик" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qrim_Muxtor_Respublikasi" title="Qrim Muxtor Respublikasi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Qrim Muxtor Respublikasi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%85%DB%81%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%81_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="خود مختار جمہوریہ کریمیا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="خود مختار جمہوریہ کریمیا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomiczna_Republika_Krymu" title="Autonomiczna Republika Krymu – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Autonomiczna Republika Krymu" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rep%C3%BAblica_Aut%C3%B4noma_da_Crimeia" title="República Autônoma da Crimeia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="República Autônoma da Crimeia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%C4%B1r%C4%B1m_Muhtar_Cumhuriyeti" title="Qırım Muhtar Cumhuriyeti – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Qırım Muhtar Cumhuriyeti" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republica_Autonom%C4%83_Crimeea" title="Republica Autonomă Crimeea – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Republica Autonomă Crimeea" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC" title="Автономна републіка Крым – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="Автономна републіка Крым" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC" title="Автономная Республика Крым – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Автономная Республика Крым" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_o_Crimea" title="Autonomous Republic o Crimea – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Autonomous Republic o Crimea" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Autonomous Republic of Crimea – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Autonomous Republic of Crimea" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krym_(republika)" title="Krym (republika) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Krym (republika)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avtonomna_republika_Krim" title="Avtonomna republika Krim – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Avtonomna republika Krim" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cu mw-list-item"><a href="https://cu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%EA%99%91%D1%80%EA%99%91%D0%BC%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%90%D1%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%97%EA%99%97" title="Кꙑрꙑмьска Аѵтономьна Димократїꙗ – Church Slavic" lang="cu" hreflang="cu" data-title="Кꙑрꙑмьска Аѵтономьна Димократїꙗ" data-language-autonym="Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ" data-language-local-name="Church Slavic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aut%C5%8Dn%C5%8Dmiczn%C5%8F_Republika_Krymu" title="Autōnōmicznŏ Republika Krymu – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Autōnōmicznŏ Republika Krymu" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC" title="Аутономна Република Крим – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Аутономна Република Крим" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomna_Republika_Krim" title="Autonomna Republika Krim – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Autonomna Republika Krim" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9publik_Otonom_Krimea" title="Républik Otonom Krimea – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Républik Otonom Krimea" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krimin_autonominen_tasavalta" title="Krimin autonominen tasavalta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Krimin autonominen tasavalta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonoma_republiken_Krim" title="Autonoma republiken Krim – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Autonoma republiken Krim" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awtonomong_Republika_ng_Crimea" title="Awtonomong Republika ng Crimea – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Awtonomong Republika ng Crimea" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81" title="கிரிமியா தன்னாட்சிக் குடியரசு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="கிரிமியா தன்னாட்சிக் குடியரசு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8B" title="Кырым Автономияле Республикасы – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Кырым Автономияле Республикасы" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE" title="క్రిమియా – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="క్రిమియా" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%90%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2" title="สาธารณรัฐปกครองตนเองไครเมีย – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="สาธารณรัฐปกครองตนเองไครเมีย" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C4%B1r%C4%B1m_%C3%96zerk_Cumhuriyeti" title="Kırım Özerk Cumhuriyeti – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Kırım Özerk Cumhuriyeti" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krym_Awtonom_Respublikasy" title="Krym Awtonom Respublikasy – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="Krym Awtonom Respublikasy" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC_%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Крым Автономи Республика – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="Крым Автономи Республика" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC" title="Автономна Республіка Крим – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Автономна Республіка Крим" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%85%DB%81%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%81_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="خود مختار جمہوریہ کریمیا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="خود مختار جمہوریہ کریمیا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vep mw-list-item"><a href="https://vep.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriman_Avtonomine_Tazovaldkund" title="Kriman Avtonomine Tazovaldkund – Veps" lang="vep" hreflang="vep" data-title="Kriman Avtonomine Tazovaldkund" data-language-autonym="Vepsän kel’" data-language-local-name="Veps" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vepsän kel’</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%E1%BB%99ng_h%C3%B2a_T%E1%BB%B1_tr%E1%BB%8B_Krym" title="Cộng hòa Tự trị Krym – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Cộng hòa Tự trị Krym" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krimm" title="Krimm – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="Krimm" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%8B%E9%87%8C%E7%B1%B3%E4%BA%9A%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E5%85%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%9B%BD" title="克里米亚自治共和国 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="克里米亚自治共和国" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%99%D7%98%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A2_%D7%A8%D7%A2%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D" title="אויטאנאמישע רעפובליק פון קרים – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="אויטאנאמישע רעפובליק פון קרים" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%8B%E9%87%8C%E7%B1%B3%E4%BA%9E%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E5%85%B1%E5%92%8C%E5%9C%8B" title="克里米亞自治共和國 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="克里米亞自治共和國" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumhur%C3%AEyet%C3%AA_Qirim%C3%AEyo_Otonom" title="Cumhurîyetê Qirimîyo 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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">De jure autonomous republic of Ukraine</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the <i>de jure</i> Ukrainian government in Crimea. 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.infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.25em}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-official-below{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-other{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-caption{padding-top:0.4em}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-nick,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-motto{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-largest,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-lang{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-ethnic,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-religion,.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-elevation{display:inline;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-pol-div-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}</style><table class="infobox ib-pol-div vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Autonomous Republic of Crimea</div><div class="ib-pol-div-native nickname"><div style="font-size:85%;"><style 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href="/wiki/Hymn_of_Crimea" class="mw-redirect" title="Hymn of Crimea">Нивы и горы твои волшебны, Родина</a>"</span></span> <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:100%; font-weight:normal">(Russian)</span> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="57" data-mwtitle="Гимн_Республики_Крым.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC.ogg/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source 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fields and mountains are magical, Motherland</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crimea_in_Ukraine.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (red) in Ukraine (light yellow) before September 2023"><img alt="Location of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (red) in Ukraine (light yellow) before September 2023" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Crimea_in_Ukraine.svg/250px-Crimea_in_Ukraine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Crimea_in_Ukraine.svg/375px-Crimea_in_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Crimea_in_Ukraine.svg/500px-Crimea_in_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1547" data-file-height="1041" /></a></span><div class="ib-pol-div-caption"><div style="text-align:center;line-height:1.15em;">Location of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (red)<p style="text-align:center;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.15em;">in <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a> (light yellow)</p></div> before September 2023</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Outline_Map_of_the_Autonomus_Republic_of_Crimea.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (light yellow) in the Crimean Peninsula"><img alt="Location of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (light yellow) in the Crimean Peninsula" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Outline_Map_of_the_Autonomus_Republic_of_Crimea.svg/250px-Outline_Map_of_the_Autonomus_Republic_of_Crimea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Outline_Map_of_the_Autonomus_Republic_of_Crimea.svg/375px-Outline_Map_of_the_Autonomus_Republic_of_Crimea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Outline_Map_of_the_Autonomus_Republic_of_Crimea.svg/500px-Outline_Map_of_the_Autonomus_Republic_of_Crimea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="678" /></a></span><div class="ib-pol-div-caption"><div style="text-align:center;line-height:1.15em;">Location of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (light yellow)<p style="text-align:center;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.15em;">in the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean Peninsula">Crimean Peninsula</a></p></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Autonomous_Soviet_Socialist_Republic_(1991-1992)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1991-1992)">Autonomy</a></th><td class="infobox-data">12 February 1991</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea">Constitution</a></th><td class="infobox-data">21 October 1998</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Temporarily_occupied_and_uncontrolled_territories_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Temporarily occupied and uncontrolled territories of Ukraine">Russian occupation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">20 February 2014<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation" title="Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation">Annexed by Russia</a></th><td class="infobox-data">18 March 2014<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital<div class="ib-pol-div-largest">and largest city</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Tatar_language" title="Crimean Tatar language">Crimean Tatar</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ethnic_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnic group">Ethnic groups</a> <div class="ib-pol-div-ethnic"> (<a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Census_(2001)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Census (2001)">2001</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>60.12% <a href="/wiki/Russians_in_Ukraine" title="Russians in Ukraine">Russians</a></li><li>25.78% <a href="/wiki/Ukrainians" title="Ukrainians">Ukrainians</a></li><li><span class="nowrap">14.1% <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Tatars" title="Crimean Tatars">Crimean Tatars</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_republic" title="Autonomous republic">Autonomous republic</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <a href="/wiki/Presidential_representative_of_Ukraine_in_Crimea" title="Presidential representative of Ukraine in Crimea">Presidential Representative</a> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tamila_Tasheva" title="Tamila Tasheva">Tamila Tasheva</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Legislature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada_of_Crimea" title="Verkhovna Rada of Crimea">Supreme Assembly</a> (suspended)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area</th></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">26,100 km<sup>2</sup> (10,100 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Census_(2001)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Census (2001)">2001</a> census</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2,033,700</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-pol-div-fake-li">• Density</div></th><td class="infobox-data">77.9/km<sup>2</sup> (201.8/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">UA-43</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Autonomous Republic of Crimea</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Ukraine" title="Administrative divisions of Ukraine">administrative division of Ukraine</a> encompassing most of <a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a> that was <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation" title="Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation">unilaterally annexed</a> by <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,<sup id="cite_ref-BBCprofileCrimea_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCprofileCrimea-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the <a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">City of Sevastopol</a> (a <a href="/wiki/City_with_special_status" title="City with special status">city with special status</a> within Ukraine) occupies the rest. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Cimmerians" title="Cimmerians">Cimmerians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scythians" title="Scythians">Scythians</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greeks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Goths" title="Crimean Goths">Goths</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huns" title="Huns">Huns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bulgars" title="Bulgars">Bulgars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khazars" title="Khazars">Khazars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Greeks</a>, the state of <a href="/wiki/Kievan_Rus%27" title="Kievan Rus'">Kievan Rus'</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kipchaks" title="Kipchaks">Kipchaks</a>, Italians, and <a href="/wiki/Golden_Horde" title="Golden Horde">Golden Horde</a> Mongols<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Tatars each controlled Crimea in its earlier history. In the 13th century, it was partly controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venetians</a> and by the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa" title="Republic of Genoa">Genoese</a>, and in the late 15th century, it was partly under <a href="/wiki/Crown_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland" title="Crown of the Kingdom of Poland">Polish</a> suzerainty.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were followed by the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Khanate" title="Crimean Khanate">Crimean Khanate</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> in the 15th to 18th centuries, the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> in the 18th to 20th centuries, <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Germany</a> during World War II, and the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic">Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic</a>, and later the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic">Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic</a>, within the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> during the rest of the 20th century until Crimea became part of independent Ukraine with the breakup of the <a href="/wiki/Union_of_Soviet_Socialist_Republics" class="mw-redirect" title="Union of Soviet Socialist Republics">Soviet Union</a> in 1991. </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity" title="Revolution of Dignity">Revolution of Dignity</a> in February 2014, <a href="/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Russian Armed Forces">Russian troops</a> <a href="/wiki/2014_Russian_military_intervention_in_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine">took control of the territory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Russia formally <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation" title="Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation">annexed</a> <a href="/wiki/Crimea" title="Crimea">Crimea</a> on 18 March 2014, incorporating the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea_(Russia)" title="Republic of Crimea (Russia)">Republic of Crimea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Federal_city" title="Federal city">federal city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a> as the 84th and 85th <a href="/wiki/Federal_subjects_of_Russia" title="Federal subjects of Russia">federal subjects of Russia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Russia and <a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Crimea#Others" title="Political status of Crimea">17 other UN member states</a> recognize Crimea as part of the Russian Federation, Ukraine continues to claim Crimea as an integral part of its territory, <a href="/wiki/International_reactions_to_the_annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation" title="International reactions to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation">supported by most foreign governments</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_68/262" title="United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262">United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn20140318UNga_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn20140318UNga-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is an autonomous <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_republic" title="Parliamentary republic">parliamentary republic</a> within Ukraine<sup id="cite_ref-BBCprofileCrimea_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCprofileCrimea-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was governed by the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea">Constitution of Crimea</a> in accordance with the laws of Ukraine. The capital and administrative seat of the republic's government is the city of <a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a>, located in the centre of the peninsula. Crimea's area is 26,200 square kilometres (10,100 sq mi) and its population was 1,973,185 as of 2007. These figures do not include the area and population of the City of <a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a> (2007 population: 379,200), which is administratively separate from the autonomous republic. The peninsula thus has 2,352,385 people (2007 estimate). </p><p><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Tatars" title="Crimean Tatars">Crimean Tatars</a>, a predominantly <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Muslim</a> ethnic minority who in 2001 made up 12.10% of the population,<sup id="cite_ref-2001CensusUKRCR_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2001CensusUKRCR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> formed in Crimea in the late <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, after the Crimean Khanate had come into existence. The Crimean Tatars were <a href="/wiki/Population_transfer_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Population transfer in the Soviet Union">forcibly expelled</a> to <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a> by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a>'s government. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Crimean Tatars began to return to the region.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Census_(2001)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Census (2001)">2001 Ukrainian population census</a> 58% of the population of Crimea are ethnic Russians and 24% are ethnic Ukrainians.<sup id="cite_ref-2001CensusUKRCR_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2001CensusUKRCR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The region has the highest proportion of <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Ukraine" title="Islam in Ukraine">Muslims in Ukraine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2001CensusUKRCR_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2001CensusUKRCR-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Crimea" title="History of Crimea">History of Crimea</a></div> <p>The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was established as part of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic">Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic</a> in 1921, with the latter joining with other republics to form the Soviet Union. Following the end of Nazi occupation during World War II, <a href="/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tatars" title="Deportation of the Crimean Tatars">indigenous Crimean Tatars were forcibly deported</a> and the autonomous republic was abolished in 1945, replaced with an oblast-level jurisdiction. In 1954, <a href="/wiki/Crimea_Oblast" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimea Oblast">Crimea Oblast</a> was transferred to the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian SSR">Ukrainian SSR</a>. Shortly prior to the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">dissolution of the Soviet Union</a>, Crimea was granted the status of Autonomous Republic by the <a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada" title="Verkhovna Rada">Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR</a> following a state-sanctioned <a href="/wiki/1991_Crimean_sovereignty_referendum" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 Crimean sovereignty referendum">referendum</a> held on January 20, 1991. When <a href="/wiki/1991_Ukrainian_independence_referendum" title="1991 Ukrainian independence referendum">Ukraine became independent</a>, Crimea remained a republic within the country, leading to tensions between <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> and Ukraine as the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_Fleet" title="Black Sea Fleet">Black Sea Fleet</a> was based on the peninsula. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-Soviet_years">Post-Soviet years</h3></div> <p>Since Ukrainian independence, more than 250,000 <a href="/wiki/Crimean_Tatars" title="Crimean Tatars">Crimean Tatars</a> have returned and integrated into the region.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1992 and 1995, a struggle about the division of powers between the Crimean and Ukrainian authorities ensued. On 26 February, <a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada_of_Crimea" title="Verkhovna Rada of Crimea">the Crimean parliament</a> renamed the ASSR the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea_(1992-1995)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Crimea (1992-1995)">Republic of Crimea</a>. Then on 5 May, it proclaimed self-government<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Constitution_of_Crimea_ref2_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Constitution_of_Crimea_ref2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and twice enacted <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea">constitutions</a> that the Ukrainian government and Parliament refused to accept on the grounds that it was inconsistent with Ukraine's constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-5_May_1992_in_Crimea_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5_May_1992_in_Crimea-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finally in June 1992, the parties reached a compromise: Crimea would be given the status of "autonomous republic" and granted special economic status, as an autonomous but integral part of Ukraine.<sup id="cite_ref-Subtelny_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Subtelny-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 587">: 587 </span></sup> </p><p>In October 1993, the Crimean parliament established the post of <a href="/wiki/President_of_Crimea" title="President of Crimea">president of Crimea</a>. Tensions rose in 1994 with election of separatist leader <a href="/wiki/Yury_Meshkov" class="mw-redirect" title="Yury Meshkov">Yury Meshkov</a> as Crimean president. On 17 March 1995, the <a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada" title="Verkhovna Rada">parliament of Ukraine</a> abolished the Crimean constitution of May 1992, all the laws and decrees contradicting those of Kyiv, and also removed <a href="/wiki/Yuriy_Meshkov" title="Yuriy Meshkov">Yuriy Meshkov</a>, the then president of Crimea, along with the office itself.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-iccrimea.org_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iccrimea.org-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After an interim constitution, the 1998 <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea">Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea</a> was put into effect, changing the territory's name to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation_of_the_autonomous_republic">Formation of the autonomous republic</h3></div> <p>Following the ratification of the May 1997 <a href="/wiki/Russian%E2%80%93Ukrainian_Friendship_Treaty" title="Russian–Ukrainian Friendship Treaty">Russian–Ukrainian Friendship Treaty</a>, in which Russia recognized Ukraine's borders and sovereignty over Crimea, international tensions slowly eased. However, in 2006, <a href="/wiki/2006_anti-NATO_protests_in_Feodosia" title="2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia">anti-NATO protests</a> broke out on the peninsula.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2008, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Ukraine)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ukraine)">Ukrainian foreign minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Volodymyr_Ohryzko" title="Volodymyr Ohryzko">Volodymyr Ohryzko</a> accused Russia of giving out <a href="/wiki/Russian_passport" title="Russian passport">Russian passports</a> to the population in Crimea and described it as a "real problem" given Russia's declared policy of military intervention abroad to protect Russian citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 August 2009, anti-Ukrainian demonstrations were held in Crimea by ethnic Russian residents. <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Tsekov" title="Sergei Tsekov">Sergei Tsekov</a> (of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Bloc_(party)" title="Russian Bloc (party)">Russian Bloc</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then deputy speaker of the <a href="/wiki/State_Council_of_Crimea" title="State Council of Crimea">Crimean parliament</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> said then that he hoped that Russia would treat Crimea the same way as it had treated <a href="/wiki/South_Ossetia" title="South Ossetia">South Ossetia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/2010_Ukrainian%E2%80%93Russian_Naval_Base_for_Natural_Gas_treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Ukrainian–Russian Naval Base for Natural Gas treaty">2010 Ukrainian–Russian Naval Base for Natural Gas treaty</a> extended Russia's lease on naval facilities in Crimea until 2042, with optional five-year renewals.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Occupation_and_annexation_by_Russia">Occupation and annexation by Russia</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Russian_occupation_of_Crimea" title="Russian occupation of Crimea">Russian occupation of Crimea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea_(Russia)" title="Republic of Crimea (Russia)">Republic of Crimea (Russia)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation" title="Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation">Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Geopolitics_South_Russia2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Geopolitics_South_Russia2.png/240px-Geopolitics_South_Russia2.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Geopolitics_South_Russia2.png/360px-Geopolitics_South_Russia2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Geopolitics_South_Russia2.png/480px-Geopolitics_South_Russia2.png 2x" data-file-width="1617" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Geopolitics of Crimea, March 2014.</figcaption></figure> <p>Crimea voted strongly for the pro-Russian Ukrainian president <a href="/wiki/Viktor_Yanukovych" title="Viktor Yanukovych">Viktor Yanukovych</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Party_of_Regions" title="Party of Regions">Party of Regions</a> in presidential and parliamentary elections,<sup id="cite_ref-SvobodawonthankstoYanu_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SvobodawonthankstoYanu-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his ousting on 22 February 2014 during the <a href="/wiki/2014_Ukrainian_revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Ukrainian revolution">2014 Ukrainian revolution</a> was followed by a push by pro-Russian protesters for Crimea to secede from Ukraine and seek assistance from Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-CrimeaProtests_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CrimeaProtests-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 28 February 2014, <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation" title="Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation">Russian forces occupied airports and other strategic locations</a> in Crimea<sup id="cite_ref-CrimeaRussiaOccupation_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CrimeaRussiaOccupation-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though the Russian foreign ministry stated that "movement of the Black Sea Fleet armored vehicles in Crimea (...) happens in full accordance with basic Russian-Ukrainian agreements on the Black Sea Fleet".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Gunmen, either armed militants or Russian special forces, occupied the Crimean parliament and, under armed guard with doors locked, members of parliament elected <a href="/wiki/Sergey_Aksyonov" title="Sergey Aksyonov">Sergey Aksyonov</a> as the new Crimean prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aksyonov then said that he asserted sole control over Crimea's security forces and appealed to Russia "for assistance in guaranteeing peace and calmness" on the peninsula. The interim government of Ukraine described events as an invasion and occupation<sup id="cite_ref-CrimeaRussiaOccupation2_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CrimeaRussiaOccupation2-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and did not recognize the Aksyonov administration as legal.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych sent a letter to Putin asking him to use military force in Ukraine to restore law and order.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> On 1 March, the Russian parliament granted president <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> the authority to use such force.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three days later, several Ukrainian bases and navy ships in Crimea reported being intimidated by Russian forces and Ukrainian warships were also effectively blockaded in Sevastopol.<sup id="cite_ref-KyivPostWarning_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KyivPostWarning-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBCcrimeablockade_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCcrimeablockade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 6 March, the Crimean parliament asked the Russian government for the region to become a subject of the <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian Federation</a> with a Crimea-wide <a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_status_referendum" title="2014 Crimean status referendum">referendum</a> on the issue set for 16 March. The Ukrainian government, the European Union, and the US all challenged the legitimacy of the request and of the proposed referendum as article 73 of the constitution of Ukraine states: "Alterations to the territory of Ukraine shall be resolved exclusively by an all-Ukrainian referendum."<sup id="cite_ref-TwitterShip_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TwitterShip-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> International monitors arrived in Ukraine to assess the situation but were halted by armed militants at the Crimean border.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCCrimRef_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCCrimRef-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBCcrimref2_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCcrimref2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2014-03-09_-_Perevalne_military_base_-_0203.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/2014-03-09_-_Perevalne_military_base_-_0203.JPG/220px-2014-03-09_-_Perevalne_military_base_-_0203.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/2014-03-09_-_Perevalne_military_base_-_0203.JPG/330px-2014-03-09_-_Perevalne_military_base_-_0203.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/2014-03-09_-_Perevalne_military_base_-_0203.JPG/440px-2014-03-09_-_Perevalne_military_base_-_0203.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3072" /></a><figcaption>Ukrainian military base at <a href="/wiki/Perevalne" title="Perevalne">Perevalne</a> surrounded by Russian troops <a href="/wiki/Little_green_men_(2014_Crimean_crisis)" class="mw-redirect" title="Little green men (2014 Crimean crisis)">without military rank insignia or cockade</a> on 9 March 2014.</figcaption></figure> <p>The day before the referendum, Ukraine's national parliament voted to dissolve the <a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada_of_Crimea" title="Verkhovna Rada of Crimea">Supreme Council of Crimea</a> as its pro-Moscow leaders were finalising preparations for the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 16 March referendum required voters to choose between "Do you support rejoining Crimea with Russia as a subject of the Russian Federation?" and "Do you support restoration of the 1992 <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea">Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea</a> and Crimea's status as a part of Ukraine?" There was no option on the ballot to maintain the status quo.<sup id="cite_ref-CrmRada1_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CrmRada1-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KyivRefQ_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KyivRefQ-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, support for the second question would have restored the republic's autonomous status within Ukraine.<sup id="cite_ref-iccrimea.org_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iccrimea.org-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The official turnout for the referendum was 83%, and the overwhelming majority of those who voted (95.5%)<sup id="cite_ref-bbc.co.uk_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> supported the option of rejoining Russia. However, a BBC reporter claimed that a huge number of Tatars and Ukrainians had abstained from the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the referendum, the members of the Supreme Council voted to rename themselves the <a href="/wiki/State_Council_of_Crimea" title="State Council of Crimea">State Council of the Republic of Crimea</a> and also formally appealed to Russia to accept Crimea as part of the Russian Federation.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was granted and on 18 March 2014 the self-proclaimed <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea_(country)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Crimea (country)">Republic of Crimea</a> signed a <a href="/wiki/Treaty_on_Accession_of_the_Republic_of_Crimea_to_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty on Accession of the Republic of Crimea to Russia">treaty of accession to the Russian Federation</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though the accession was granted separately for each of the former regions that composed it: one accession for the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea_(Russia)" title="Republic of Crimea (Russia)">Republic of Crimea</a>, and another for Sevastopol as a <a href="/wiki/Federal_cities_of_Russia" title="Federal cities of Russia">federal city</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 24 March 2014 the Ukrainian government ordered the full withdrawal of all of its armed forces from Crimea and two days later the last Ukrainian military bases and <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian navy">Ukrainian navy</a> ships were captured by Russian troops.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-140326_RcCb_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-140326_RcCb-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ukraine, meanwhile, continues to claim Crimea as its territory and in 2015 the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian parliament">Ukrainian parliament</a> designated 20 February 2014 as the (official) date of the start of "the temporary occupation of Crimea."<sup id="cite_ref-10404918crimea_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10404918crimea-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 March 2014 100 <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> <a href="/wiki/UN_member_states" class="mw-redirect" title="UN member states">member states</a> voted for <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_68/262" title="United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262">United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262</a> affirming the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly" title="United Nations General Assembly">General Assembly</a>'s commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders while 11 member states voted against, 58 abstained and 24 member states absented.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn20140318UNga_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn20140318UNga-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then six countries (<a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>) have publicly recognized Russia's annexation of Crimea while <a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Crimea#Others" title="Political status of Crimea">others</a> have stated support for the 16 March 2014 Crimean referendum.<sup id="cite_ref-BIRaC31M16_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIRaC31M16-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_administration">Government and administration</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Crimea" title="Politics of Crimea">Politics of Crimea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Crimea" title="Administrative divisions of Crimea">Administrative divisions of Crimea</a></div> <p>Executive power in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea was exercised by the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_Crimea" title="Council of Ministers of Crimea">Council of Ministers of Crimea</a>, headed by a <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Crimea" title="Prime Minister of Crimea">Chairman</a>, appointed and dismissed by the <a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada_of_Crimea" title="Verkhovna Rada of Crimea">Supreme Council of Crimea</a>, with the consent of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" title="President of Ukraine">President of Ukraine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mohyliov_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mohyliov-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though not an official body, the <a href="/wiki/Mejlis_of_the_Crimean_Tatar_People" title="Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People">Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People</a> could address grievances to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ukraine" title="Government of Ukraine">Ukrainian central government</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_Crimea" title="Council of Ministers of Crimea">Crimean government</a>, and international bodies.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An administrative reform, enacted by the <i><a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada" title="Verkhovna Rada">Verkhovna Rada</a></i> on 17 July 2020, envisages redivision of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea into 10 enlarged raions (districts), into which cities (municipalities) of republican significance will be absorbed. Originally the reform was delayed until return of the peninsula under Ukrainian control,<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but it came into effect on 7 September 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-zakon.rada.gov.ua_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zakon.rada.gov.ua-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the reform, the following are the subdivisions of the republic: </p> <ol><li>Bakhchysarai Raion (<span title="Crimean Tatar-language text"><i lang="crh">Bağçasaray rayonı</i></span>) — composed of Bakhchysarai Raion and parts of territory that earlier was subordinated to the Sevastopol municipality (without the Sevastopol city proper and also without Balaklava as such that exists within the Sevastopol city limits within the framework of Ukrainian legislation),</li> <li>Bilohirsk Raion (<span title="Crimean Tatar-language text"><i lang="crh">Qarasuvbazar rayonı</i></span>) — composed of Bilohirsk and Nyzhniohirsk raions,</li> <li>Dzhankoi Raion (<span title="Crimean Tatar-language text"><i lang="crh">Canköy rayonı</i></span>) — composed of Dzhankoi Raion and former Dzhankoi municipality,</li> <li>Yevpatoria Raion (<span title="Crimean Tatar-language text"><i lang="crh">Kezlev rayonı</i></span>) — composed of Saky and Chornomorske raions and former Yevpatoria and Saky municipalities,</li> <li>Kerch Raion (<span title="Crimean Tatar-language text"><i lang="crh">Keriç rayonı</i></span>) — composed of Lenine Raion and former Kerch municipality,</li> <li>Kurman Raion (<span title="Crimean Tatar-language text"><i lang="crh">Qurman rayonı</i></span>) — composed of Krasnohvardiysky and Pervomaisk raions,</li> <li>Perekop Raion (Or <span title="Crimean Tatar-language text"><i lang="crh">Qapı rayonı</i></span>) — composed of Krasnoperekopsk and Rozdolne raions, former Armiansk and Krasnoperekopsk municipalities,</li> <li>Simferopol Raion (<span title="Crimean Tatar-language text"><i lang="crh">Aqmescit rayonı</i></span>) — composed of Simferopol Raion and former Simferopol municipality,</li> <li>Feodosia Raion (<span title="Crimean Tatar-language text"><i lang="crh">Kefe rayonı</i></span>) — composed of Kirovske and Sovietskyi raions, former Feodosia and Sudak municipalities,</li> <li>Yalta Raion (<span title="Crimean Tatar-language text"><i lang="crh">Yalta rayonı</i></span>) — composed of former Yalta and Alushta municipalities.</li></ol> <div role="img" class="noresize" style="width: 500px; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crimea_AR_regions_2020.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Crimea_AR_regions_2020.png/500px-Crimea_AR_regions_2020.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="324" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Crimea_AR_regions_2020.png 1.5x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="412" /></a></span> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:169px; top:2px"><i><a href="/wiki/Kherson_Oblast" title="Kherson Oblast"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #48A3B5; text-decoration: inherit;">Kherson Oblast</span></a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:54px; top:262px"><i><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #48A3B5; text-decoration: inherit;">Sevastopol</span></a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:466.5px; top:174.5px"><i><a href="/wiki/Krasnodar_Krai" title="Krasnodar Krai"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #48A3B5; text-decoration: inherit;">Krasnodar Krai</span></a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:344px; top:67px"><i><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Azov" title="Sea of Azov"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #3399cc; text-decoration: inherit;">Sea of Azov</span></a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:344px; top:267px"><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: #3399cc; text-decoration: inherit;">Black Sea</span></a></i></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:144px; top:247px">Bakhchysarai<br />     Raion</div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:219px; top:177px">Bilohirsk<br />Raion</div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:209px; top:52px">Dzhankoi<br />Raion</div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:179px; top:142px">Kurman<br />Raion</div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:119px; top:54.5px">Perekop<br />               Raion</div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:379px; top:167px">Kerch Raion</div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:84px; top:142px">Yevpatoria<br />Raion</div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:144px; top:197px">Simferopol<br />Raion</div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:284px; top:217px">Feodosia Raion</div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:194px; top:292px">Yalta Raion</div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-1px; top:317px">This Crimea's division has entered into force in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-zakon.rada.gov.ua_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zakon.rada.gov.ua-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_divisions">Former divisions</h3></div> <p>The Autonomous Republic of Crimea had 25 administrative areas: 14 <i><a href="/wiki/Raion" title="Raion">raions</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/District" title="District">districts</a>) and 11 <i>mis'kradas</i> and <i>mistos</i> (city municipalities), officially known as <i>territories governed by city councils</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table style="width: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align: top"><b>Raions</b> <dl><dd>1. <a href="/wiki/Bakhchysarai_Raion" title="Bakhchysarai Raion">Bakhchysarai Raion</a></dd> <dd>2. <a href="/wiki/Bilohirsk_Raion" title="Bilohirsk Raion">Bilohirsk Raion</a></dd> <dd>3. <a href="/wiki/Dzhankoy_Raion" class="mw-redirect" title="Dzhankoy Raion">Dzhankoi Raion</a></dd> <dd>4. <a href="/wiki/Kirovske_Raion" title="Kirovske Raion">Kirovske Raion</a></dd> <dd>5. <a href="/wiki/Krasnohvardiiske_Raion" title="Krasnohvardiiske Raion">Krasnohvardiiske Raion</a></dd> <dd>6. <a href="/wiki/Krasnoperekopsk_Raion" title="Krasnoperekopsk Raion">Krasnoperekopsk Raion</a></dd> <dd>7. <a href="/wiki/Lenine_Raion" title="Lenine Raion">Lenine Raion</a></dd> <dd>8. <a href="/wiki/Nizhnyohirskyi_Raion" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizhnyohirskyi Raion">Nyzhniohirskyi Raion</a></dd> <dd>9. <a href="/wiki/Pervomayske_Raion" class="mw-redirect" title="Pervomayske Raion">Pervomaiske Raion</a></dd> <dd>10. <a href="/wiki/Rozdolne_Raion" title="Rozdolne Raion">Rozdolne Raion</a></dd> <dd>11. <a href="/wiki/Saky_Raion" title="Saky Raion">Saky Raion</a></dd> <dd>12. <a href="/wiki/Simferopol_Raion" title="Simferopol Raion">Simferopol Raion</a></dd> <dd>13. <a href="/wiki/Sovetskyi_Raion" class="mw-redirect" title="Sovetskyi Raion">Sovetskyi Raion</a></dd> <dd>14. <a href="/wiki/Chornomorske_Raion" title="Chornomorske Raion">Chornomorske Raion</a></dd></dl> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top"><b>City municipalities</b> <dl><dd>15. <a href="/wiki/Alushta_Municipality" title="Alushta Municipality">Alushta Municipality</a></dd> <dd>16. <a href="/wiki/Armyansk_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Armyansk Municipality">Armyansk Municipality</a></dd> <dd>17. <a href="/wiki/Dzhankoy_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Dzhankoy Municipality">Dzhankoi Municipality</a></dd> <dd>18. <a href="/wiki/Yevpatoria_Municipality" title="Yevpatoria Municipality">Yevpatoria Municipality</a></dd> <dd>19. <a href="/wiki/Kerch_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerch Municipality">Kerch Municipality</a></dd> <dd>20. <a href="/wiki/Krasnoperekopsk_Municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Krasnoperekopsk Municipality">Krasnoperekopsk Municipality</a></dd> <dd>21. <a href="/wiki/Saky" title="Saky">Saki municipality</a></dd> <dd>22. <a href="/wiki/Simferopol_Municipality" title="Simferopol Municipality">Simferopol Municipality</a></dd> <dd>23. <a href="/wiki/Sudak_Municipality" title="Sudak Municipality">Sudak Municipality</a></dd> <dd>24. <a href="/wiki/Feodosia_Municipality" title="Feodosia Municipality">Feodosia Municipality</a></dd> <dd>25. <a href="/wiki/Yalta_Municipality" title="Yalta Municipality">Yalta Municipality</a></dd></dl> </td> <td style="vertical-align: top"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Crimea-administration.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Subdivisions of Crimea"><img alt="Subdivisions of Crimea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Crimea-administration.png/375px-Crimea-administration.png" decoding="async" width="375" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Crimea-administration.png/563px-Crimea-administration.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Crimea-administration.png/750px-Crimea-administration.png 2x" data-file-width="2238" data-file-height="1385" /></a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Major centres of urban development: </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Crimea.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Map_of_the_Crimea.png/400px-Map_of_the_Crimea.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="260" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Map_of_the_Crimea.png/600px-Map_of_the_Crimea.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Map_of_the_Crimea.png/800px-Map_of_the_Crimea.png 2x" data-file-width="2283" data-file-height="1485" /></a><figcaption>Map of Crimea with major cities</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col 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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Kerch_coat.svg/23px-Kerch_coat.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Kerch_coat.svg/30px-Kerch_coat.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="409" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Kerch" title="Kerch">Kerch</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:COA_of_Evpatoria.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/COA_of_Evpatoria.svg/15px-COA_of_Evpatoria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/COA_of_Evpatoria.svg/23px-COA_of_Evpatoria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/COA_of_Evpatoria.svg/30px-COA_of_Evpatoria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="465" data-file-height="563" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Yevpatoria" title="Yevpatoria">Yevpatoria</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Feodos_Soviet.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Feodos_Soviet.png/15px-Feodos_Soviet.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Feodos_Soviet.png/23px-Feodos_Soviet.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Feodos_Soviet.png/30px-Feodos_Soviet.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="268" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Feodosia" title="Feodosia">Feodosia</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:COA_Yalta,_Krym.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/COA_Yalta%2C_Krym.svg/15px-COA_Yalta%2C_Krym.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/COA_Yalta%2C_Krym.svg/23px-COA_Yalta%2C_Krym.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/COA_Bakhchysarai.svg/15px-COA_Bakhchysarai.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/COA_Bakhchysarai.svg/23px-COA_Bakhchysarai.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/COA_Bakhchysarai.svg/30px-COA_Bakhchysarai.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="581" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Bakhchysarai" title="Bakhchysarai">Bakhchysarai</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:COA_Krasnoperekopsk.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/COA_Krasnoperekopsk.svg/15px-COA_Krasnoperekopsk.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/COA_Krasnoperekopsk.svg/23px-COA_Krasnoperekopsk.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/COA_Krasnoperekopsk.svg/30px-COA_Krasnoperekopsk.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="646" data-file-height="784" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Krasnoperekopsk" title="Krasnoperekopsk">Krasnoperekopsk</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:COA_Armiansk,_Krym.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/COA_Armiansk%2C_Krym.svg/15px-COA_Armiansk%2C_Krym.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/COA_Armiansk%2C_Krym.svg/23px-COA_Armiansk%2C_Krym.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/COA_Armiansk%2C_Krym.svg/30px-COA_Armiansk%2C_Krym.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="446" data-file-height="529" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Armiansk" title="Armiansk">Armiansk</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:COA_Alushta.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/COA_Alushta.svg/15px-COA_Alushta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/COA_Alushta.svg/23px-COA_Alushta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/COA_Alushta.svg/30px-COA_Alushta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="516" data-file-height="625" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Alushta" title="Alushta">Alushta</a></li></ul></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/48px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/64px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Ukraine" title="Portal:Ukraine">Ukraine portal</a></span></li><li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/32px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/48px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/64px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span 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href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In 2015 the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian parliament">Ukrainian parliament</a> officially set 20 February 2014 as the date of "the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Temporarily_occupied_and_uncontrolled_territories_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Temporarily occupied and uncontrolled territories of Ukraine">temporary occupation of Crimea and Sevastopol by Russia</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-10404918crimea_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10404918crimea-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(Also) on 24 March 2014, the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Ministry_of_Defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Ukrainian Ministry of Defense">Ukrainian Ministry of Defense</a> stated that approximately 50% of the Ukrainian soldiers in Crimea had defected to the Russian military.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-10404918crimea-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-10404918crimea_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-10404918crimea_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gska2.rada.gov.ua:7777/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=24.02.2007&rf7571=2">the original</a> on 1 October 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Scientific and technical documentation on the economic situation of the Crimean region in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1954-1991) (review of sources from the funds of the Central State Scientific and Technical Archive of Ukraine). <i>Archives of Ukraine</i>, 2. P.103-113. (In Ukrainian)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style 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href="/wiki/Renaming_of_Crimean_toponyms" title="Renaming of Crimean toponyms">Renaming of Crimean toponyms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transfer_of_Crimea_in_the_Soviet_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Transfer of Crimea in the Soviet Union">1954 transfer to Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Tatar_repatriation" title="Crimean Tatar repatriation">Crimean Tatar repatriation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Autonomous Republic of Crimea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Crimea" title="President of Crimea">President of Crimea (historical)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Tuzla_Island_conflict" title="2003 Tuzla Island conflict">2003 Tuzla Island conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_status_referendum" title="2014 Crimean status referendum">2014 status referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation" title="Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation">2014 annexation by Russia</a></li> <li><a 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabat_Spit" title="Arabat Spit">Arabat Spit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Arabat" title="Bay of Arabat">Arabat Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Azov" title="Sea of Azov">Azov Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sea" title="Black Sea">Black Sea</a></li> <li>Caves <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marble_Cave_(Crimea)" title="Marble Cave (Crimea)">Marble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyalova_cave" title="Vyalova cave">Vyalova</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Mountains" title="Crimean Mountains">Crimean Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerch_Strait" title="Kerch Strait">Kerch Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isthmus_of_Perekop" title="Isthmus of Perekop">Perekop Isthmus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pontic%E2%80%93Caspian_steppe" title="Pontic–Caspian steppe">Pontic–Caspian steppe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Coast_(Crimea)" title="Southern Coast (Crimea)">Southern Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syvash" title="Syvash">Syvash</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Crimea" title="Administrative divisions of Crimea">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Crimea" title="List of cities in Crimea">Cities</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Raions_of_Ukraine#Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Raions of Ukraine">Raions</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_urban-type_settlements_in_Ukraine_by_subdivision#Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" class="mw-redirect" title="List of urban-type settlements in Ukraine by subdivision">Urban-type settlements</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Crimea" title="Politics of Crimea">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea_(Russia)" title="Republic of Crimea (Russia)">Republic of Crimea</a>/<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Autonomous Republic of Crimea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Constitution of the Republic of Crimea">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_the_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Head of the Republic of Crimea">Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Council_of_Crimea" title="State Council of Crimea">State Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_parliamentary_election" title="2014 Crimean parliamentary election">2014 parliamentary election</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Sevastopol" title="Legislative Assembly of Sevastopol">Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Sevastopol_(Russia)" title="Governor of Sevastopol (Russia)">Governor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2017_Sevastopol_gubernatorial_election" title="2017 Sevastopol gubernatorial election">2017 election</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_Fleet" title="Black Sea Fleet">Black Sea Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Federal_District" title="Crimean Federal District">Crimean Federal District</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Crimea#Economy" title="Crimea">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Crimea" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourism in Crimea">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Bridge" title="Crimean Bridge">Crimean Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Trolleybus" title="Crimean Trolleybus">Crimean Trolleybus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Sports" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal">Sports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Premier_League" title="Crimean Premier League">Crimean Premier League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Crimea" title="Demographics of Crimea">Demographics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Languages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Tatar_language" title="Crimean Tatar language">Crimean Tatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krymchak_language" title="Krymchak language">Krymchak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_language" title="Ukrainian language">Ukrainian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Crimea" title="Religion in Crimea">Religion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Christianity_in_Ukraine" title="History of Christianity in Ukraine">Christianity</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Odesa-Simferopol" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Odesa-Simferopol">Roman Catholicism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Catholic_Archiepiscopal_Exarchate_of_Krym" title="Ukrainian Catholic Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Krym">Ukrainian Catholicism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Crimea" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Jews in Crimea">Judaism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Crimea" class="mw-redirect" title="Islam in Crimea">Islam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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title="List of military units in the 2014 Crimean crisis">List of military units</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_sanctions_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War" title="International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War">International sanctions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_people_sanctioned_during_the_Ukrainian_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="List of people sanctioned during the Ukrainian crisis">List of sanctioned individuals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_that_applied_sanctions_during_the_Crimean_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="List of companies that applied sanctions during the Crimean crisis">List of companies that applied sanctions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_anti-war_protests_in_Russia" title="2014 anti-war protests in Russia">2014 anti-war protests in Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reaction_of_Russian_intelligentsia_to_the_2014_annexation_of_Crimea" title="Reaction of Russian intelligentsia to the 2014 annexation of Crimea">Reaction of Russian intelligentsia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Crimean_status_referendum" title="2014 Crimean status referendum">2014 Crimean status referendum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_General_Assembly_Resolution_68/262" title="United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262">UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Declaration_of_Independence_of_the_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Crimea">Declaration of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea_(Russia)" title="Republic of Crimea (Russia)">Republic of Crimea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_Crimea" title="Constitution of the Republic of Crimea">2014 Constitution of Crimea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Crimea" title="Political status of Crimea">Political status</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Federal_District" title="Crimean Federal District">Crimean Federal District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_the_Russian_occupation_of_Crimea" title="Environmental impact of the Russian occupation of Crimea">Environmental impact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_speech_of_Vladimir_Putin" title="Crimean speech of Vladimir Putin">Crimean speech of Vladimir Putin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Return_of_Crimea%22" title="Medal "For the Return of Crimea"">Medal "For the Return of Crimea"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_the_Crimean_Parliament" title="Capture of the Crimean Parliament">Capture of the Crimean Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Southern_Naval_Base" title="Capture of Southern Naval Base">Capture of Southern Naval Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Simferopol_incident" title="2014 Simferopol incident">2014 Simferopol incident</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Background</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Crimea" title="History of Crimea">History of Crimea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire">1783 annexation by Russian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_People%27s_Republic" title="Crimean People's Republic">Crimean People's Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Autonomous_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic">1921–1945 Crimean ASSR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tatars" title="Deportation of the Crimean Tatars">1944 deportation of the Crimean Tatars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Oblast" class="mw-redirect" title="Crimean Oblast">1945–1991 Crimean Oblast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_transfer_of_Crimea" class="mw-redirect" title="1954 transfer of Crimea">1954 transfer of Crimea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991%E2%80%931992_Crimean_ASSR" class="mw-redirect" title="1991–1992 Crimean ASSR">1991–1992 Crimean ASSR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea_(1992_to_1995)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Crimea (1992 to 1995)">Republic of Crimea (1992 to 1995)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_constitution_of_Crimea" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 constitution of Crimea">1992 constitution of Crimea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_Fleet_dispute" title="Black Sea Fleet dispute">Black Sea Fleet dispute</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Autonomous Republic of Crimea (since 1995)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Crimea" title="President of Crimea">1994–1995 President of Crimea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yuriy_Meshkov" title="Yuriy Meshkov">Yuriy Meshkov</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum" title="Budapest Memorandum">1994 Budapest Memorandum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partition_Treaty_on_the_Status_and_Conditions_of_the_Black_Sea_Fleet" title="Partition Treaty on the Status and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet">1997 Partition Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Constitution_of_Crimea" class="mw-redirect" title="1998 Constitution of Crimea">1998 Constitution of Crimea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Tuzla_Island_conflict" title="2003 Tuzla Island conflict">2003 Tuzla Island conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_anti-NATO_protests_in_Feodosia" title="2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia">2006 anti-NATO protests in Feodosia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharkiv_Pact" title="Kharkiv Pact">2010 Kharkiv Pact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Language_policy_in_Ukraine#Bill_"On_the_principles_of_the_State_language_policy"" title="Language policy in Ukraine">2012 law on languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euromaidan" title="Euromaidan">2013–2014 Euromaidan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolution_of_Dignity" title="Revolution of Dignity">Revolution of Dignity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_G7_summit" title="40th G7 summit">40th G7 summit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Simferopol_International_Airport" title="Simferopol International Airport">Simferopol Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Building_of_the_Supreme_Council_of_Crimea" title="Building of the Supreme Council of Crimea">Building of the Supreme Council of Crimea</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol_International_Airport" title="Sevastopol International Airport">Belbek Airport</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Bridge" title="Crimean Bridge">Crimean Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donuzlav" title="Donuzlav">Donuzlav</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Ochakov" title="Russian cruiser Ochakov">Ochakov</a></i> scuttling</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perevalne" title="Perevalne">Perevalne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armiansk" title="Armiansk">Armiansk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzhankoi" title="Dzhankoi">Dzhankoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chonhar" title="Chonhar">Chonhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Krym" title="Port Krym">Port Krym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strilkove" title="Strilkove">Strilkove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabat_Spit" title="Arabat Spit">Arabat Spit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novofedorivka" title="Novofedorivka">Novofedorivka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pro-Russian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Verkhovna_Rada_of_Crimea" title="Verkhovna Rada of Crimea">Supreme Council of Crimea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_Crimea" title="Council of Ministers of Crimea">Council of Ministers of Crimea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol_City_Council" title="Sevastopol City Council">Sevastopol City Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" title="Russian Armed Forces">Russian Armed Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_Fleet" title="Black Sea Fleet">Black Sea Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Airborne_Troops" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Airborne Troops">Russian Airborne Troops</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_green_men_(Russo-Ukrainian_War)" title="Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian War)">Little green men</a></li></ul></li> <li>Crimean <a href="/wiki/Berkut_(special_police_force)" title="Berkut (special police force)">Berkut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Unity" title="Russian Unity">Russian Unity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Wolves" title="Night Wolves">Night Wolves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuban_Cossacks" title="Kuban Cossacks">Kuban Cossacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Choice" title="Ukrainian Choice">Ukrainian Choice</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lead figures (Russia)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev" title="Dmitry Medvedev">Dmitry Medvedev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Shoigu" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergey Shoigu">Sergey Shoigu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladislav_Surkov" title="Vladislav Surkov">Vladislav Surkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Lavrov" title="Sergey Lavrov">Sergey Lavrov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valery_Gerasimov" title="Valery Gerasimov">Valery Gerasimov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Sergun" title="Igor Sergun">Igor Sergun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Vitko" title="Aleksandr Vitko">Aleksandr Vitko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oleg_Belaventsev" title="Oleg Belaventsev">Oleg Belaventsev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rustam_Minnikhanov" title="Rustam Minnikhanov">Rustam Minnikhanov</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lead figures (Crimea)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sergey_Aksyonov" title="Sergey Aksyonov">Sergey Aksyonov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Konstantinov_(politician)" title="Vladimir Konstantinov (politician)">Vladimir Konstantinov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalia_Poklonskaya" title="Natalia Poklonskaya">Natalia Poklonskaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rustam_Temirgaliev" title="Rustam Temirgaliev">Rustam Temirgaliev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Berezovsky" title="Denis Berezovsky">Denis Berezovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Yeliseyev_(admiral)" title="Sergei Yeliseyev (admiral)">Sergei Yeliseyev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aleksei_Chaly" title="Aleksei Chaly">Aleksei Chaly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igor_Bezler" title="Igor Bezler">Igor Besler</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pro-Ukrainian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations</th><td 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title="Kirovske Raion">Kirovske / Isliam Terek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnohvardiiske_Raion" title="Krasnohvardiiske Raion">Krasnohvardiiske / Kurman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnoperekopsk_Raion" title="Krasnoperekopsk Raion">Krasnoperekopsk / Perekop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenine_Raion" title="Lenine Raion">Lenine / Yedy-Kuiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyzhniohirskyi_Raion" class="mw-redirect" title="Nyzhniohirskyi Raion">Nyzhniohirskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pervomaiske_Raion" title="Pervomaiske Raion">Pervomaiske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rozdolne_Raion" title="Rozdolne Raion">Rozdolne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saky_Raion" title="Saky Raion">Saky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simferopol_Raion" title="Simferopol Raion">Simferopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovietskyi_Raion" title="Sovietskyi Raion">Sovietskyi / Ichki</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="3" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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title="Alupka">Alupka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakhchysarai" title="Bakhchysarai">Bakhchysarai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilohirsk" title="Bilohirsk">Bilohirsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shcholkine" title="Shcholkine">Shcholkine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staryi_Krym" title="Staryi Krym">Staryi Krym</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_urban-type_settlements_in_Ukraine_by_subdivision#Autonomous_Republic_of_Crimea" class="mw-redirect" title="List of urban-type settlements in Ukraine by subdivision">Urban-type settlements</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Crimea" title="Category:Crimea">Category:Crimea</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bakhchysarai_Raion" title="Bakhchysarai Raion">Bakhchysarai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilohirsk_Raion" title="Bilohirsk Raion">Bilohirsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzhankoi_Raion" title="Dzhankoi Raion">Dzhankoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yevpatoria_Raion" title="Yevpatoria Raion">Yevpatoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerch_Raion" title="Kerch Raion">Kerch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnohvardiiske_Raion" title="Krasnohvardiiske Raion">Kurman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnoperekopsk_Raion" title="Krasnoperekopsk Raion">Perekop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simferopol_Raion" title="Simferopol Raion">Simferopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feodosia_Raion" title="Feodosia Raion">Feodosia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalta_Raion" title="Yalta Raion">Yalta</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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Ukraine">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alupka" title="Alupka">Alupka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alushta" title="Alushta">Alushta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armiansk" title="Armiansk">Armiansk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bilohirsk" title="Bilohirsk">Bilohirsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakhchysarai" title="Bakhchysarai">Bakhchysarai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dzhankoi" title="Dzhankoi">Dzhankoi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feodosia" title="Feodosia">Feodosia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inkerman" title="Inkerman">Inkerman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerch" title="Kerch">Kerch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnoperekopsk" title="Krasnoperekopsk">Krasnoperekopsk / Yany Kapu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saky" title="Saky">Saky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shcholkine" title="Shcholkine">Shcholkine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staryi_Krym" title="Staryi Krym">Staryi Krym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sudak" title="Sudak">Sudak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yalta" title="Yalta">Yalta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yevpatoria" title="Yevpatoria">Yevpatoria</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Populated_places_in_Ukraine#Rural_settlements" title="Populated places in Ukraine">Rural settlements</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aeroflotskyi" title="Aeroflotskyi">Aeroflotskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahrarne" title="Ahrarne">Ahrarne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azovske" title="Azovske">Azovske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baherove" title="Baherove">Baherove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berehove,_Yalta_municipality" class="mw-redirect" title="Berehove, Yalta municipality">Berehove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chornomorske" title="Chornomorske">Chornomorske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foros,_Crimea" title="Foros, Crimea">Foros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaspra" title="Gaspra">Haspra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurzuf" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurzuf">Hurzuf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holuba_Zatoka" title="Holuba Zatoka">Holuba Zatoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hresivskyi" title="Hresivskyi">Hresivskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hvardiiske,_Simferopol_Raion" title="Hvardiiske, Simferopol Raion">Hvardiiske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katsiveli" title="Katsiveli">Katsiveli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirovske,_Crimea" title="Kirovske, Crimea">Kirovske / Isliam-Terek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koktebel" title="Koktebel">Koktebel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komsomolske,_Crimea" title="Komsomolske, Crimea">Komsomolske / Bakachyk-Kyiat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koreiz" title="Koreiz">Koreiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnohvardiiske" title="Krasnohvardiiske">Krasnohvardiiske / Kurman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krasnokamianka_(urban-type_settlement)" class="mw-redirect" title="Krasnokamianka (urban-type settlement)">Krasnokamianka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albat" class="mw-redirect" title="Albat">Kuibysheve / Albat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurortne,_Feodosia_Municipality,_Crimea" title="Kurortne, Feodosia Municipality, Crimea">Kurortne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurpaty" title="Kurpaty">Kurpaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenine,_Crimea" title="Lenine, Crimea">Lenine / Yedy-Kuiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Livadiya,_Crimea" title="Livadiya, Crimea">Livadiia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masandra" class="mw-redirect" title="Masandra">Masandra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molodizhne,_Simferopol_Raion" title="Molodizhne, Simferopol Raion">Molodizhne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mykolaivka,_Simferopol_Raion" title="Mykolaivka, Simferopol Raion">Mykolaivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrnyi" title="Myrnyi">Myrnyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nauchnyi" title="Nauchnyi">Nauchnyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikita,_Crimea" title="Nikita, Crimea">Nikita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novofedorivka" title="Novofedorivka">Novofedorivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novoozerne" title="Novoozerne">Novoozerne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novoselivske" title="Novoselivske">Novoselivske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novyi_Svit" title="Novyi Svit">Novyi Svit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyzhnohirskyi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nyzhnohirskyi">Nyzhnohirskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oktiabrske" title="Oktiabrske">Oktiabrske / Biiuk-Onlar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ordzhonikidze,_Crimea" title="Ordzhonikidze, Crimea">Ordzhonikidze / Kaihador</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oreanda" title="Oreanda">Oreanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkove" title="Parkove">Parkove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Partenit" title="Partenit">Partenit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pervomaiske,_Crimea" title="Pervomaiske, Crimea">Pervomaiske</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ponyzivka" title="Ponyzivka">Ponyzivka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poshtove,_Crimea" title="Poshtove, Crimea">Poshtove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prymorskyi" title="Prymorskyi">Prymorskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rozdolne" title="Rozdolne">Rozdolne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanatorne" title="Sanatorne">Sanatorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shchebetovka" title="Shchebetovka">Shchebetovka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeiz" title="Simeiz">Simeiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sokolyne" title="Sokolyne">Sokolyne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovietske" title="Sovietske">Sovietske / Dolossy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovietskyi" title="Sovietskyi">Sovietskyi / Ichki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidradne_(urban-type_settlement)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vidradne (urban-type settlement)">Vidradne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilne,_Dzhankoi_Raion" title="Vilne, Dzhankoi Raion">Vilne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voskhod,_Yalta_Municipality" title="Voskhod, Yalta Municipality">Voskhod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vynohradne" title="Vynohradne">Vynohradne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaozerne" title="Zaozerne">Zaozerne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuya,_Crimea" title="Zuya, Crimea">Zuia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><sup>1</sup>Due to <a href="/wiki/Russian_occupation_of_Crimea" title="Russian occupation of Crimea">continued occupation</a>, not yet implemented</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Administrative_divisions_of_Ukraine" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Administrative_divisions_of_Ukraine" title="Template:Administrative divisions of Ukraine"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Administrative_divisions_of_Ukraine" title="Template talk:Administrative divisions of Ukraine"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Administrative_divisions_of_Ukraine" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Administrative divisions of Ukraine"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Administrative_divisions_of_Ukraine" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Ukraine" title="Administrative divisions of Ukraine">Administrative divisions of Ukraine</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Capital_city" title="Capital city">Capital</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Oblasts_of_Ukraine" title="Oblasts of Ukraine">Oblasts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cherkasy_Oblast" title="Cherkasy Oblast">Cherkasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernihiv_Oblast" title="Chernihiv Oblast">Chernihiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernivtsi_Oblast" title="Chernivtsi Oblast">Chernivtsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dnipropetrovsk_Oblast" title="Dnipropetrovsk Oblast">Dnipropetrovsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast" title="Donetsk Oblast">Donetsk</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivano-Frankivsk_Oblast" title="Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast">Ivano-Frankivsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharkiv_Oblast" title="Kharkiv Oblast">Kharkiv</a><sup>4</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kherson_Oblast" title="Kherson Oblast">Kherson</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khmelnytskyi_Oblast" title="Khmelnytskyi Oblast">Khmelnytskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirovohrad_Oblast" title="Kirovohrad Oblast">Kirovohrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyiv_Oblast" title="Kyiv Oblast">Kyiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luhansk_Oblast" title="Luhansk Oblast">Luhansk</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lviv_Oblast" title="Lviv Oblast">Lviv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mykolaiv_Oblast" title="Mykolaiv Oblast">Mykolaiv</a><sup>3</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odesa_Oblast" title="Odesa Oblast">Odesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poltava_Oblast" title="Poltava Oblast">Poltava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivne_Oblast" title="Rivne Oblast">Rivne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumy_Oblast" title="Sumy Oblast">Sumy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ternopil_Oblast" title="Ternopil Oblast">Ternopil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinnytsia_Oblast" title="Vinnytsia Oblast">Vinnytsia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volyn_Oblast" title="Volyn Oblast">Volyn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zakarpattia_Oblast" title="Zakarpattia Oblast">Zakarpattia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast" title="Zaporizhzhia Oblast">Zaporizhzhia</a><sup>2</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhytomyr_Oblast" title="Zhytomyr Oblast">Zhytomyr</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/City_with_special_status" title="City with special status">Cities with special status</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a><sup>1</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_republics_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous republics of Ukraine">Autonomous republic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Crimea</a><sup>1</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administrative centers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cherkasy" title="Cherkasy">Cherkasy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernihiv" title="Chernihiv">Chernihiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chernivtsi" title="Chernivtsi">Chernivtsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dnipro" title="Dnipro">Dnipro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donetsk" title="Donetsk">Donetsk</a><sup>2</sup> (<a href="/wiki/Kramatorsk" title="Kramatorsk">Kramatorsk</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivano-Frankivsk" title="Ivano-Frankivsk">Ivano-Frankivsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharkiv" title="Kharkiv">Kharkiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kherson" title="Kherson">Kherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khmelnytskyi" title="Khmelnytskyi">Khmelnytskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kropyvnytskyi" title="Kropyvnytskyi">Kropyvnytskyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luhansk" title="Luhansk">Luhansk</a><sup>2</sup> (<a href="/wiki/Sievierodonetsk" title="Sievierodonetsk">Sievierodonetsk</a><sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lutsk" title="Lutsk">Lutsk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lviv" title="Lviv">Lviv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mykolaiv" title="Mykolaiv">Mykolaiv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odesa" title="Odesa">Odesa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poltava" title="Poltava">Poltava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivne" title="Rivne">Rivne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simferopol" title="Simferopol">Simferopol</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumy" title="Sumy">Sumy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ternopil" title="Ternopil">Ternopil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uzhhorod" title="Uzhhorod">Uzhhorod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vinnytsia" title="Vinnytsia">Vinnytsia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia" title="Zaporizhzhia">Zaporizhzhia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhytomyr" title="Zhytomyr">Zhytomyr</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><sup>1</sup>Claimed and controlled by <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Republics_of_Russia" title="Republics of Russia">Republic</a> of <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Crimea_(Russia)" title="Republic of Crimea (Russia)">Crimea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Federal_cities_of_Russia" title="Federal cities of Russia">Federal City</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sevastopol" title="Sevastopol">Sevastopol</a> <br /> <sup>2</sup>Claimed and partially controlled by Russia as the <a href="/wiki/Republics_of_Russia" title="Republics of Russia">Republics</a> <a href="/wiki/Donetsk_People%27s_Republic" title="Donetsk People's Republic">Donetsk People's Republic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lugansk_People%27s_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Lugansk People's Republic">Lugansk People's Republic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Russia)">Zaporozhye</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kherson_Oblast_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kherson Oblast (Russia)">Kherson</a> <a href="/wiki/Oblasts_of_Russia" title="Oblasts of Russia">oblasts</a><br /> <sup>3</sup> Partially claimed and partially controlled by Russia as a part of <a href="/wiki/Kherson_Oblast_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kherson Oblast (Russia)">Kherson</a> <a href="/wiki/Oblasts_of_Russia" title="Oblasts of Russia">oblast</a><br /> <sup>4</sup>Partially controlled by Russia, but not claimed as its part.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q756294#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div 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