Crimea (disambiguation)

Crimea, or the Crimean Peninsula, historically also known as the Tauric Chersonese (Tauric Peninsula, Tauric, Taurica, or Tauris), is a major peninsula in the north of the Black Sea.

Crimea may also refer to:

Places

Crimean Peninsula

Current

• Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a republic of Ukraine invaded and annexed by Russia in 2014
• Republic of Crimea, a federal subject of Russia, internationally recognized as Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia

Historical

• Roman Crimea (47 BCE – c. 340 CE)
• Crimean Khanate (1441–1783)
• Taurida Governorate (1802–1917), in the Russian Empire
• During the Russian Civil War:
  • Crimean People's Republic (1917–1918)
  • Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic (1918)
  • Crimean Regional Government (1918–1919)
  • Crimean Socialist Soviet Republic (1919)
• Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1945), in the RSFSR
• Crimea-Taurida, part of the Reichskommissariat Ukraine when Nazi Germany occupied the country in WWII
• Crimean Oblast (1945–1991) within the Soviet Union
• Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1991–1992), in Ukraine
• Republic of Crimea (1992-1995)
• Crimean Federal District (2014–2016), a federal district of Russia
• Republic of Crimea (country), a short-lived country existing in March 2014

Elsewhere

• Crimea, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, United States
• Crimea, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States
• Crimea, Queensland, a locality in Australia
• 1140 Crimea, a main-belt asteroid
• Crimea Pass, a mountain pass in north Wales

Other uses

• Crimea, a fictional country in the video games Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
• Crimea Air, a defunct airline
• History of Crimea, the recorded history of the Crimean Peninsula, begins around the 5th century BC when several Greek colonies were established along its coast
• Crimea: The Dawn of Modern Warfare, a 1975 board wargame that simulates the Crimean War 1853–1856
• Crimea (WWII game), a 1977 board wargame that simulates the Crimean Campaign during WWII

See also

• Crimea Medal (disambiguation)
• Crimean War (disambiguation)
• Republic of Crimea (disambiguation)
• Russian Crimea (disambiguation)
• Cimmeria (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Crimea
• All pages with titles containing Crimea
• Chimera (disambiguation)
• Krim (disambiguation)
• Krym (disambiguation)
• Krymsky (disambiguation)
• Stary Krym, the city eponymous of the name of the peninsula