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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I don't know much about Crimea, so I took a quick look at Wikipedia. I know. But according to the timeline, Russia annexed Crimea in 1783. Hrmm..making a habit of that. Then they gave it to the Ukraine( no take backs!) in 1954. So 171 years. So saying it has been Russian for "centuries" is a bit of a stretch.
If Crimea wants to be independent, that's one thing. But countries don't just get to take land because they had taken it before 231 years before. Could you imagine if Europe just decided to re-take all the land they had taken in the past? Madness!
Is this the look they are going for now? It kinda looks like it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Crimea |
Timeline
Pre- 1783:-; Ottomans, Byzantine, ancient tribes
1783 - 1917 - Russian empire, capital St.Petersburg
1917-1954 Russian Soviet Republic, USSR, capital Moscow
1954-1991 - Ukrainian Soviet Republic, USSR, capital - Moscow
1991-2014 - Ukraine, capital Kiev
2014+ not included
209 years under St.Petersburg&Moscow rule
23 years under Kiev rule