Crimea, autonomous republic, southern ukraine. The soviet fleet in crimea was in contention, but a 1997 treaty allowed russia. Crimea, which juts out into the black sea off southern ukraine, was absorbed into the russian empire along with most ethnic ukrainian territory by catherine the great in the 18th century.
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The republic is coterminous with the crimean peninsula, lying between the black sea and the sea of azov. Provides an overview of crimea, ukrainian territory militarily occupied by russia since 2014. After ukrainian independence in 1991, most of the peninsula was reorganised as the autonomous republic of crimea.
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