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It's not only that Crimea is massively pro-Russian, it's the fact that it was a part of Russian Federation (a part of Soviet Union back then) before it was "gif
by huhtenberg 13y ago
It's not only that Crimea is massively pro-Russian, it's the fact that it was a part of Russian Federation (a part of Soviet Union back then) before it was "gifted" to Ukraine by Khrushchev in 1954. It was more of a formality back then, but it doesn't change the fact that a lot of its population still consider Crimea a part of Russia.
- lingben 13y agoAfter they deported the original ethnic group, the Crimean Tatars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tatars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Crimean_Tat...