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

Republic of Crimea

• Republic of Crimea (1992–1995), the government of Crimea after the dissolution of the Soviet Union
• Autonomous Republic of Crimea, within Ukraine, occupied by Russia since 2014
• Republic of Crimea (Russia) (2014–present), a claimed federal subject of Russia (partially-recognized)

Historical

• Roman Crimea (47 BCE–c. 340 CE and 6th–13th century)
• Principality of Theodoro (1204–1475), in the beginning as Perateia, part of the Trapezuntine Empire (1204–1261)
• Crimean Khanate (1441–1783)
• Taurida Governorate (1802–1917), in the Russian Empire
• During the Russian Civil War:
• Crimean People's Republic, a short-lived secular Muslim state (December 1917–January 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
• Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1945), within the Russian SFSR, in the Soviet Union; see Crimea in the Soviet Union
• 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), within the Ukrainian SSR, in the Soviet Union
• Crimean Federal District (2014–2016), a federal district of Russia

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 ' and '
• 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
• ', 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