crimea

     

Crimea (IPA: /kraɪˈmiːə/) or the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukrainian: Крим, Автономна Республіка Крим, Avtonomna Respublika Krym; Russian: Крым, Автономная Республика Крым, Avtonomnaya Respublika Krym; Crimean Tatar: Qırım, Qırım Muhtar Cumhuriyeti) is an autonomous republic of Ukraine on the northern coast of the Black Sea occupying a peninsula of the same name.

Trivia about crimea

  • This 10,400-sq.-mile region of Ukraine is joined to the mainland by the narrow Isthmus of Perekop
  • This strategic peninsula became part of Ukraine in 1954
  • In 1783, after defeating the Turks, Russia annexed this Ukrainian peninsula
  • Due to Ivan the Terrible's purges, Tatars from this Ukraine peninsula easily sacked a depopulated Moscow in 1571
  • Add a letter to "crime" & you get this peninsula in southern Ukraine

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