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Crimea, or the Crimean Peninsula, historically also known as the Tauric Chersonese (Tauric Peninsula, Tauric, Taurica, or Tauris), is a major peninsula in the north of the Black Sea.
Crimea may also refer to:
Places
Crimean Peninsula
Current
- Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a republic of Ukraine invaded and annexed by Russia in 2014
- Republic of Crimea, a federal subject of Russia, internationally recognized as Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia
Historical
- Roman Crimea (47 BCE – c. 340 CE)
- Crimean Khanate (1441–1783)
- Taurida Governorate (1802–1917), in the Russian Empire
- During the Russian Civil War:
- Crimean People's Republic (1917–1918)
- Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic (1918)
- Crimean Regional Government (1918–1919)
- Crimean Socialist Soviet Republic (1919)
- Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1945), in the RSFSR
- Crimea-Taurida, part of the Reichskommissariat Ukraine when Nazi Germany occupied the country in WWII
- Crimean Oblast (1945–1991) within the Soviet Union
- Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1991–1992), in Ukraine
- Republic of Crimea (1992-1995)
- Crimean Federal District (2014–2016), a federal district of Russia
- Republic of Crimea (country), a short-lived country existing in March 2014
Elsewhere
- Crimea, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, United States
- Crimea, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States
- Crimea, Queensland, a locality in Australia
- 1140 Crimea, a main-belt asteroid
- Crimea Pass, a mountain pass in north Wales
Other uses
- Crimea, a fictional country in the video games Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
- Crimea Air, a defunct airline
- History of Crimea, the recorded history of the Crimean Peninsula, begins around the 5th century BC when several Greek colonies were established along its coast
- Crimea: The Dawn of Modern Warfare, a 1975 board wargame that simulates the Crimean War 1853–1856
- Crimea (WWII game), a 1977 board wargame that simulates the Crimean Campaign during WWII
See also
- Crimea Medal (disambiguation)
- Crimean War (disambiguation)
- Republic of Crimea (disambiguation)
- Russian Crimea (disambiguation)
- Cimmeria (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Crimea
- All pages with titles containing Crimea
- Chimera (disambiguation)
- Krim (disambiguation)
- Krym (disambiguation)
- Krymsky (disambiguation)
- Stary Krym, the city eponymous of the name of the peninsula
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