Transfer of Crimea in the Soviet Union: Difference between revisions

Prior to being incorporated into the Russian Empire, the Crimean Peninsula was independent under the [[Crimean Khanate]]. The Muslim [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] [[Crimean Tatars]] were under the influence of the Ottoman Empire, while also bordering an increasingly aggressive Russian Empire. In 1774, following the [[Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)|Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74]], the Russian and Ottoman empires agreed to refrain from interfering with Crimean Khanate through the [[Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca]]. In 1783, following the increasing decline of the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire|annexed the Crimean Khanate]].

Within Russia, the peninsula was transferred between multiple internal administrations. Through its time in the Russian Empire and the USSRRussian SFSR, up to its transfer to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954, Crimea was administered by 14 administrations. From annexation to the 1954 transfer, Crimea was administered by the following jurisdictions:

Throughout its time in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, Crimea underwent a population change. DuringAs a result of alleged collaboration with the Germans by [[Crimean WarTatars]] and theduring [[Russian CivilWorld War II]], much[[Deportation of the TatarCrimean populationTatars|all fled,Crimean leavingTatars were deported]] by the formerlySoviet diverseregime territoryand withthe apeninsula largewas populationresettled ofwith other peoples, Ethnicmainly Russians and Ukrainians,. comparedThe autonomous republic without its titled nationality was downgraded to an oblast within the TurkicRussian TatarsSFSR on 30 June 1945.