Crimea
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the Crimea, a peninsula in southeastern Ukraine, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
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a former autonomous republic of the Soviet Union, later a region of Ukraine. About 10,000 sq. mi. (25,900 sq. km).
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As a former part of the Russian empire, Crimea was one of the strongholds of opposition to the Soviet government after the Russian Revolution.
It was occupied by German troops from 1941 to 1945.
The Crimean War of the 1850s, fought between Russian forces and the allied armies of Britain, France, Turkey, and Sardinia, was the scene of the battle described in “The Charge of the Light Brigade.”
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Overnight into Wednesday, Russia said its air defences intercepted 354 Ukrainian drones across multiple regions, including areas bordering Ukraine and annexed Crimea.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The critical route is used by the Russian military to supply their forces on the front line and in Crimea.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
The archaeologist couldn’t be reached for comment, but his lawyer, Adam Domanski, said the dispute centers on a 2022 find of around 30 gold coins, the largest of its kind in Crimea.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
A senior scholar at the Hermitage, Russia's largest art museum in St Petersburg, he has since 1999 overseen the museum's excavations of Myrmekion, an ancient Greek settlement founded in Crimea in the 6th Century BC.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
In March, the Red Army began fighting in Crimea, a huge peninsula in the Black Sea on the southern edge of Ukraine, the Soviet state that produced most of the nation’s food.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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