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Tuzla Island
Tuzla Island (, , crh, Тузла; from Turkish language, Turkish "tuzla" – salty, saline, literally: ''saltpan'') is a sandy islet in the form of a Spit (landform), spit located in the middle of the Strait of Kerch between the Kerch Peninsula in the west and the Taman Peninsula in the east. The Strait of Kerch connects the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Administratively, Tuzla Island is part of the Kerch municipality of eastern Crimea. Infrastructure Officially the island does not have a permanent settlement; however, it had a border station (the Border Service of Ukraine), a small fishing settlement with a few private garden lots, and two vacation resorts, "Albatross" and "Two Seas". The island's electricity is supplied by two diesel power stations. The island also has a pier and a helicopter pad. A second pier located near the fishing settlement is in critical condition and is not in use. Two concrete surface roads run along the island. From May through October, a store op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strait Of Kerch
The Kerch Strait, uk, Керченська протока, crh, Keriç boğazı, ady, Хы ТӀуалэ is a strait in Eastern Europe. It connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea in the west from the Taman Peninsula of Russia's Krasnodar Krai in the east. The strait is to wide and up to deep. The most important harbor, the Crimean city of Kerch, gives its name to the strait, formerly known as the Cimmerian Bosporus. It has also been called the Straits of Yenikale after the Yeni-Kale fortress in Kerch. Taman, the most important settlement on the Taman Peninsula side of the strait, sits on Taman Bay, which is separated from the main Kerch Strait by the Chushka Spit to the north and the former Tuzla Spit to the south; the Tuzla Spit is now Tuzla Island, connected to the Taman Peninsula by a 2003 Russian-built dam, and to mainland Crimea by the Crimean Bridge opened in 2018. A major cargo port is under construction near Taman. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 Transfer Of Crimea
The transfer of the Crimean Oblast in the Soviet Union in 1954 was an administrative action of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union that transferred the government of the Crimean Peninsula from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Ukrainian SSR. Background Prior to being incorporated into the Russian Empire, the Crimean Peninsula was independent under the Crimean Khanate. The Muslim Turkic peoples, Turkic Crimean Tatars were under the influence of the Ottoman Empire, while also bordering an increasingly aggressive Russian Empire. In 1774, following the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774), Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74, the Russian and Ottoman empires agreed to refrain from interfering with Crimean Khanate through the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca. In 1783, following the increasing decline of the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire, annexed the Crimean Khanate. Within Russia, the peninsula was trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disputed Islands Of The Black Sea
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Territorial Disputes Of Ukraine
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Russia–Ukraine Border
The Russia–Ukraine border is the international state border between the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Over land, the border outlines five oblasts (regions) of Ukraine and five oblasts of the Russian Federation. The modern border issue has been ongoing ever since the fall of the Russian Empire in 1917. Since early 2014, the border has been compromised due to the Russo-Ukrainian War. According to head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Viktor Nazarenko, the country does not control of the border with Russia.State border service, OSCE draft plan to return control over border with Russia if Minsk accords fulfilled , |
Islands Of Ukraine
This is a list of islands of Ukraine. It includes all islands in Ukraine with an area greater than and some of the more important minor islands. Note that During the 2014 Crimean crisis and Russian military intervention, Ukraine lost control over the Crimea, which was unilaterally annexed by Russia in March 2014 (most countries consider Crimea to be a part of Ukraine).http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/12/20/un-officially-recognized-russia-as-an-occupying-power-in-crimea/ ;Sea of Azov * Byriuchyi Island ;Black Sea * Berezan Island * Zmiinyi Island, western Black Sea * Dzharylgach, Karkinit Bay * Dovhy and Kruhly islands serve as a natural boundary between Yahorlyk Bay and Black Sea * Ship rock, rocks south of Opuk Cape, Kerch peninsula * Adalary, pair of rocks near Gurzuf, Crimea * Swan islands ;Estuaries and straits * Tuzla Island, Strait of Kerch * Pervomaisky island ;Rivers * Venetsiansky Island and Dolobetsky Island, part of Hydropark, Dnieper * Trukhaniv Island, Kyiv, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landforms Of Crimea
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List Of Islands Of Ukraine
This is a list of islands of Ukraine. It includes all islands in Ukraine with an area greater than and some of the more important minor islands. Note that During the 2014 Crimean crisis and Russian military intervention, Ukraine lost control over the Crimea, which was unilaterally annexed by Russia in March 2014 (most countries consider Crimea to be a part of Ukraine).http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/12/20/un-officially-recognized-russia-as-an-occupying-power-in-crimea/ ;Sea of Azov * Byriuchyi Island ;Black Sea * Berezan Island * Zmiinyi Island, western Black Sea * Dzharylgach, Karkinit Bay * Dovhy and Kruhly islands serve as a natural boundary between Yahorlyk Bay and Black Sea * Ship rock, rocks south of Opuk Cape, Kerch peninsula * Adalary, pair of rocks near Gurzuf, Crimea * Swan islands ;Estuaries and straits * Tuzla Island, Strait of Kerch * Pervomaisky island ;Rivers * Venetsiansky Island and Dolobetsky Island, part of Hydropark, Dnieper * Trukhaniv Island, Kyiv, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annexation Of Crimea By The Russian Federation
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. The events in Kyiv that ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych on 22 February 2014 sparked pro-Russian demonstrations as of 23 February against the (prospected) new Ukrainian government. At the same time Russian president Vladimir Putin discussed Ukrainian events with security service chiefs remarking that "we must start working on returning Crimea to Russia". On 27 February, Russian troops captured strategic sites across Crimea, followed by the installation of the pro-Russian Aksyonov government in Crimea, the Crimean status referendum and the declaration of Crimea's independence on 16 March 2014. Although Russia initially claimed their military was not involved in the events, Putin later admitted that troops were deployed to "stand behind Crimea's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treaty Between The Russian Federation And Ukraine On Cooperation In The Use Of The Sea Of Azov And The Kerch Strait
The Treaty Between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on Cooperation in the Use of the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait is an agreement on sea and fisheries between Russia and Ukraine entered into force on 23 April 2004. It was signed on 24 December 2003 by President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma and President of Russia Vladimir Putin and ratified by both parliaments in April 2004. Abstract The Parties, proceeding from the necessity of conservation of the Azov–Kerch defined area of water as integral economic and natural complex, to be used in the interests of the Russian Federation and Ukraine, have agreed as follows: # The Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait are historically internal waters of the Russian Federation and Ukraine. # The Sea of Azov must be delimited by the state border in accordance with the Agreement signed by the Parties. # Dispute settlement regarding the issues pertaining to the defined area of water of Kerch must be regulated by agreement between the Parties. # Merc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taman Peninsula
The Taman Peninsula (russian: Тама́нский полуо́стров, ''Tamanskiy poluostrov'') is a peninsula in the present-day Krasnodar Krai of Russia, which borders the Sea of Azov to the North, the Strait of Kerch to the West and the Black Sea to the South. History The area has evolved over the past two millennia from a chain of islands into today's peninsula. In ancient times the peninsula was known to the Greeks as ''Sindikè chersònesus'' (Greek: Σινδική χερσόνησος, peninsula of the Sindi) and Pontic Greek colonies of Hermonassa and Phanagoria stood on the peninsula, as did the later city of Tmutarakan."Greek colonization in the northern Black Sea area" German Archaeological Institute. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Council Of Crimea
Verkhovna Rada of Crimea or the Supreme Council of Crimea, officially the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea ( uk, Верховна Рада Автономної Республіки Крим, Verkhovna Rada Avtonomnoï Respubliky Krym; russian: Верховный Совет Автономной Республики Крым, Verkhovny Sovet Avtonomnoy Respubliki Krym; crh, Qırım Muhtar Cumhuriyetiniñ Yuqarı Radası/Къырым Мухтар Джумхуриетининъ Йукъары Радасы) is a Ukrainian legislative body for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea before the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014. The last election of parliament took place on 31 October 2010 (see 2010 Crimean parliamentary election) and was won by the Party of Regions and the Communist Party of Ukraine. On 27 February 2014, unidentified armed men took over the parliament and hoisted a Russian flag over it. On 15 March 2014 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukrai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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