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
Crimea - WorldAtlas The current political standoff between Ukraine and Russia over Crimea has its origin in the peninsula’s history and location, with the two nations having interconnected historical backgrounds Crimea is a peninsula in Eastern Europe located on the Black Sea’s northern coast and the Sea of Azov’s western coast
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
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
Crimea profile - BBC News Crimea lies on a peninsula stretching out from the south of Ukraine between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov It is separated from Russia to the east by the narrow Kerch Strait
Crimea - Wikitravel Crimea is a peninsula in the south of Ukraine on the Black Sea It is known as the Crimean Peninsula which is connected to Ukraine by two narrow necks of land, making it more like an island with a couple of natural land bridges than simply a bit of land jutting out into the sea