Crimea - Wikipedia Crimea [a] ( k r aɪ ˈ m iː ə ⓘ kry-MEE-ə) is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukraine
Crimea | History, Map, Geography, Kerch Strait Bridge | Britannica Crimea, autonomous republic, southern Ukraine The republic is coterminous with the Crimean Peninsula, lying between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov In 2014 Russia covertly invaded and illegally annexed Crimea, a move that was denounced by the international community
Explainer-Where is Crimea and why is it contested? Crimea, which juts out into the Black Sea off southern Ukraine, was absorbed into the Russian Empire along with most ethnic Ukrainian territory by Catherine the Great in the 18th century
Crimea - WorldAtlas Crimea has 257 rivers, including Salhyr, Alma, Kacha, and Belbek The peninsula also has numerous salt pans and salty lakes, with Lake Sasyk as the largest of them Other lakes include Koyashskoya, Bakalskoye, Aqtas, and Donuzlav
What has happened in Crimea since Russias invasion? Russia has frequently used Crimea as a launch pad for missile and drone attacks since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2024, and the Ukrainian military has also fired missiles at Crimea
The Complex and Contentious History of Crimea - TheCollector Crimea has been a land of conflict, among other things Its history is replete with struggles between empires Never has this fact been more apparent than now, as Russia and Ukraine engage in one of the bloodiest wars of the 21st century
History of Crimea - Wikipedia Crimea went through a number of administrative reforms after Russian annexation, first as the Taurida Oblast in 1784 but in 1796 it was divided into two counties and attached it to the Novorossiysk Governorate, with a new Taurida Governorate established in 1802 with its capital at Simferopol
Crimea - Russian Annexation, Crimean War, Tatar Rule | Britannica The annexation of Crimea—as well as the West’s response to it—became a point of pride in Russia; Putin’s domestic popularity soared, and international condemnation only served to stoke Russian nationalism