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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The history of Crimea since 1917 is the Bolsheviks massacred and deported a lot of the population, and many others fled, then Stalin killed and deported a bunch more, it was an autonomous SSR, then part of the Russian SSR, then in 1954 made part of the Ukrainian SSR. Russia says it is part of Russia because it is full of Russians, but that is because the Russians forcefully and brutally displaced much of the pre-Soviet population. [/quote]

And, in addition, historically Crimea was Greek (part of Byzantium Empire), only partially conquered by Kievan Rus, then conquered by the Mongols and then part of the Crimean Khanate until the 1780s when it finally became part of Russia for about 140 years, then changing hands during the Russian Civil War until finally becoming part of the USSR until 1954 (occupied by Germany in WWII)  then it was transferred (with the agreement of both parliaments of Russian SFR and Ukrainian SFR) to Ukraine.

As PP said, part of the reason it has a significant Russian speaking population is due to the mass deportation of native Tatars (about 200,000) in 1944 by the Stalin and the resettlement by incentives of Russians.

The idea that Crimea is historically Russian is not a reflection of actual history. [/quote]

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