Crimea (disambiguation)
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.
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Crimea may also refer to:
Places
Crimean Peninsula
Current
- Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a subdivision of Ukraine annexed by Russia in 2014
- Republic of Crimea (2014–), a federal subject of 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
- During World War II:
- Crimea-Taurida, in Reichskommissariat Ukraine
- Taurida Subdistrict, covering land north of the peninsula
- Crimea-Taurida, in Reichskommissariat Ukraine
- Crimean Oblast (1945–1991) within the Soviet Union
- Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1991–1992), in Ukraine
- 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
- 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
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See also
- Chimera (disambiguation)
- Krim (disambiguation)
- Krym (disambiguation)
- Krymsky (disambiguation)
- Stary Krym, the city eponymous of the name of the peninsula
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