Transfer of Crimea to Ukraine - Wikipedia
The transfer of the Crimean oblast to Ukraine has been described as a "symbolic gesture", marking the 300th anniversary of the 1654 Treaty of Pereyaslav, called the "Reunification of Ukraine with Russia" in the Soviet Union.
Why Did Russia Give Away Crimea Sixty Years Ago?
Mar 10, 2014 · In 1944, when Khrushchev himself was still the Communist Party leader in Ukraine, he reportedly had suggested to Stalin that transferring Crimea to the UkrSSR would be a useful way of winning support from local Ukrainian elites.
Crimea: A Gift To Ukraine Becomes A Political Flash Point
Feb 27, 2014 · In 1954, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev transferred Crimea from Russia to Ukraine. At the time it seemed unexceptional, but six decades later, that gift is having consequences for both countries.
Ukraine crisis: Does Russia have a case? - BBC News
Mar 5, 2014 · In 1954, Crimea was handed to Ukraine as a gift by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, who was himself half-Ukrainian. Only 10 years earlier, Joseph Stalin had deported Crimea's entire Tatar...
Why did Khrushchev transfer Crimea to Ukraine? | Baltic Rim …
Hence, it appears that Khrushchev’s decision to transfer Crimea to Ukraine has not been dictated by the international feeling of friendship between peoples (although one cannot deny that, either), nor by his guilt complex towards the Ukrainian people, and certainly not by the romantic desire to make a luxury gift to his Ukrainian wife, as it ...
Giving Crimea to Ukraine Was Illegal, Russians Rule : …
May 22, 1992 · Running the risk of provoking Ukraine to new heights of fury, Russia's Parliament on Thursday ruled invalid the 1954 transfer of the balmy Crimean Peninsula to Ukraine.
Whose Crimea is it anyway? - openDemocracy
Nikita Khrushchev used Crimea to change the ethnic make-up of Ukraine and thereby undermine western Ukrainian nationalism. Culturally, Crimea was a bad fit in Soviet Ukraine.
Is Putin Reassembling Soviet Union? Q&A With Nina Khrushcheva, …
Mar 4, 2014 · Nikita Khrushchev (foreground) gave Crimea to Ukraine in 1954, when he was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
How did Crimea become both a playground and a battleground for Ukraine …
Aug 6, 2023 · Now, as Russia's war in Ukraine enters its 18th month, the Crimean Peninsula is again both a playground and a battleground. Drone attacks and bombs seek to dislodge Moscow's hold on the territory and bring it back under Kyiv's authority, no matter how loudly the Kremlin proclaims its ownership.
Khrushchev, who was himself a Ukrainian, never explained his decision to attach the peninsula to Ukraine’s territory; neither did the official memoranda of the Communist Party. Today, many theories exist of why Khrushchev considered it necessary to …
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