Which country is Crimea in?

Crimea itself is an autonomous country of Ukraine.

the Republic of Crimea (Russian: респубикакрым English: Crimea Republic) is located in the southwest of Russia.

Russia and Ukraine have sovereignty disputes in this region. The Russian side actually controls it and divides it into the administrative region shown in this entry. Uzbekistan has designated the local area as an autonomous Republic, and the region completely overlaps with the Russian administrative region. The relevant institutions are located in Hellson.

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Historical development of Crimea:

It belonged to the Crimean khanate from 15th to 18th century. It was merged into Russia in 1783. From 1918 to the beginning of 1954, it was a state of Russian Soviet Union Socialist Republic (that is, Soviet Russia).

In October p>1921, an autonomous Republic of Crimea was established here. In 1946, supreme soviet of the ussr issued an order to revoke the autonomous Republic of Crimea and set it as the Crimea State.

in February p>1954, to commemorate the 3th anniversary of the merger of Ukraine and Russia, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ordered that Crimea be transferred to the then Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, both Russia and Ukraine claimed sovereignty over the peninsula. At present, the peninsula is actually controlled by Russia. After the independence referendum in Crimea in 214, the Republic of Crimea was established, and after joining Russia, it became the federal district of Crimea. On July 28, 216, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order to merge and reorganize the southern federal district and the Crimean federal district into a new southern federal district.

reference source: Baidu encyclopedia-Crimea.