The Crimean oblast at the heart of a dispute that goes deep into Russian history

Saturday, March 15th 2014 - 04:37 UTC

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On February 27, 1954 Pravda published a short announcement on its front page that the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR had decreed on February 19 the transfer of the Crimean oblast' from the RSFSR to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Read full article

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Anglotino
Militarily seized and ethnically cleansed and then a referendum.

Argentineans should be on the side of the Tartars if that is the case and denouncing Russia. After all, this is supposedly the worse thing an empire can do and this time it isn't a myth like the Malvinas but actually happened
Mar 15th, 2014 - 05:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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CabezaDura2
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Ethnically cleansed ??

Actually I understand what you mean but the actual first to settle on the Penninsula were the Scythians Milenniums before the Golden Horde of Subotai one of Ghengis Khan's Generals.. So the Tatars are not really native so to speak
Mar 15th, 2014 - 12:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
Interesting to learn about 'oblasts' and 'raions' although the crappy spellchecker doesn't like them, I do!
Mar 15th, 2014 - 02:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
All of this has only come about because of the malevolent, Machiavellian dwarf, Putin, wants to act the “Big man” on the international stage.

This is likely to result in a real fighting war over nothing as far as he is concerned.
Mar 15th, 2014 - 07:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Anglotino
CabezaDura2

Ethnically cleansed does not have to just apply to original inhabitants. The removal of an entire ethnicity is ethnically cleansing still.

I did not say the Tartars were the aboriginal inhabitants. Just that they were forcibly removed and hence the peninsula was ethnically cleansed.
Mar 15th, 2014 - 11:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
Does anyone else have an Oblast in their country?

I think I found a 'raion' down the back of my sofa the other night though...
I might have to 'cleanse' it. Do you have Putin's phone number? Maybe he could send in some 'operatives' in with non-identifiable uniforms?
After all, no-one wants the neighbours to know, do they?
Mar 16th, 2014 - 12:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Stevie
Anglolatino
Aboriginal inhabitants?
You mean the Tartars aren't Aussies?

You sure?
Mar 16th, 2014 - 05:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Anglotino
Um yeah whatever the voices tell you Stevie.
Mar 16th, 2014 - 07:30 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
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Lol!

Just chuck him another biscuit!
Mar 16th, 2014 - 04:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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