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The Republic of Crimea [b] is a republic of Russia, comprising most of the Crimean Peninsula, but excluding Sevastopol. [11] Its territory corresponds to the pre-2023 [ 12 ] territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , a de jure subdivision of Ukraine .
The Autonomous Republic of Crimea is a de jure administrative division of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was unilaterally annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula, [4] [5] while the City of Sevastopol (a city with special status within Ukraine) occupies the rest.
On 26 February 1992, the Crimean parliament changed the official name from "Crimean ASSR" to "Republic of Crimea". Then on 5 May, it proclaimed self-government [8] [4] [9] and twice enacted a constitution that the Ukrainian Parliament and government deemed to be inconsistent with Ukraine's constitution. [10]
In English, the omission of the definite article ("Crimea" rather than "the Crimea") became common during the later 20th century. [citation needed]The spelling "Crimea" is from the Italian form, la Crimea, since at least the 17th century [3] and the "Crimean peninsula" becomes current during the 18th century, gradually replacing the classical name of Tauric Peninsula in the course of the 19th ...
The Crimean parliament and the autonomous city of Sevastopol unilaterally declared independence from Ukraine [10] [11] to ideally form a country named Republic of Crimea. Russia then annexed the region and created two federal subjects, the Republic of Crimea (as a republic) and Sevastopol (as a federal city).
[9] [10] [6] [11] [12] The region is recognized by most countries as Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol as one of Ukraine's cities with special status while, since its annexation, the region has been de facto governed by Russia as the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol as a city of federal importance.
Simferopol (/ ˌ s ɪ m f ə ˈ r oʊ p əl /), also known as Aqmescit, [a] is the second-largest city on the Crimean Peninsula.The city, along with the rest of Crimea, is internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, controlled by Russia, and is considered the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Crimea being a Crimean Oblast of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic became part of the newly independent Ukraine.In 1990 at first Russia and a month later Ukraine declared State Sovereignty from the Soviet Union with the ongoing discussion for the New Union Treaty.