Crimean Oblast

Crimean Oblast
Кримська область
Крымская область
Crimean Oblast Кримська область; Крымская область
Oblast of the Russian SFSR (1945–1954) and Ukrainian SSR (1954–1991)
1945–1991
	; Crimean Oblast (red) and Ukrainian SSR (beige).
Capital	Simferopol
Area
•	27,000 km2 (10,000 sq mi)
History
• Crimean ASSR dissolved	30 June 1945
• Transferred to Ukrainian SSR	February 19, 1954
• Autonomy restored	12 February 1991
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
	Reichskommissariat Ukraine
Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Today part of	Russia (de facto); Ukraine (de jure);

The Crimean Oblast (Template:Lang-uk ; Template:Lang-ru ; Template:Lang-crh) was an oblast (province) of the former Russian SFSR (1945–1954) and Ukrainian SSR (1954–1991) within the Soviet Union. Its capital was the city of Simferopol.

History

The Crimean Oblast replaced the Crimean ASSR on June 30, 1945.

The oblast was transferred from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR on February 19, 1954.

Sevastopol was a closed city due to its importance as the port of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet and was attached to the Crimean Oblast only in 1978.

Following a referendum held on January 20, 1991, the Crimean Oblast was given back its pre-World War II status of Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic on February 12, 1991, by the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR.^[1]

In 1992, the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was transformed into the Autonomous Republic of Crimea within Ukraine, with the exception of the city of Sevastopol whose status, once again due to its strategic importance as the port of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, remained disputed between Ukraine and Russia until 1997, when it was agreed that it should be treated as a "city with special status" within Ukraine.

References

^ "Day in history - 20 January". RIA Novosti (in Russian). January 8, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2007.

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[1] "Day in history - 20 January". RIA Novosti (in Russian). January 8, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved August 6, 2007.

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