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Russian Annexation of Crimea Class 9 Ukraine through history Kiev is cradle of Russian civilization. Then occupied by Mongols, Tatars and Lithuanians. Autonomous part of Russian empire until 1764. Ukraine through history


  1. Russian Annexation of Crimea Class 9

  2. Ukraine through history ● Kiev is cradle of Russian civilization. ● Then occupied by Mongols, Tatars and Lithuanians. ● Autonomous part of Russian empire until 1764.

  3. Ukraine through history ● Brief independence after WWI as Ukrainian People’s Republic. ● Insurgency against Nazi and Soviet occupation during and after WWII.

  4. Crimea part of RSFSR until 1954 ● Transferred to Ukrainian SSR in largely symbolic move by Soviet premier Khrushchev.

  5. After Soviet collapse scramble for Crimea ● Majority of population is ethnically Russian. ● Russian Black Fleet Headquarters in Sevastopol. ● Brief independence declaration in 1992. ○ Ukraine grants more autonomy. ● Russia signs Budapest Memorandum 1994.

  6. Ukraine before 2014:

  7. Ukraine before 2014: Divided

  8. Ukraine before 2014: Radicalizing

  9. Russia before 2014:

  10. Russia before 2014: Autocratic

  11. Russia before 2014: Assertive

  12. 2014 Ukrainian Revolution ● Pro-Russian president Yanukovych refuses to sign deal with EU. ● Protests erupt in response. ● Repression results in Yanukovych's ouster.

  13. Two different narratives emerge: Pro-EU/US: Pro-Russia: - Yanukovych was - Yanukovych was dictator. ousted in Western - Betrayed will of coup. the people - Replaced by fascist government. Both have elements of fact and fiction...

  14. New Ukrainian government... ● Revokes Russia language’s status as official language. ● Threatens to break Russian lease agreement for Sevastopol. Protests erupt in Crimea both in support of and against new government.

  15. Russian troops seize Crimea - Five days after Revolution, unidentified troops appear. - Seize military and political buildings. - Evict Ukrainian soldiers that don’t defect.

  16. Crimea holds independence referendum in March ● Crimean Tatars boycott referendum. ● 96% vote to leave Ukraine and join Russia. ● Annexation formalized in January 2015.

  17. Subsequent events: - Russian-backed separatists seize parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. - US and EU implement sanctions on Russia.

  18. Were the measures by international community effective? Why or why not?

  19. What could be done to pressure Russia to reduce/stop its intervention?

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