Republic of Crimea (Russia)

This article is about the administrative division of Russia. For the administrative division of Ukraine, see Autonomous Republic of Crimea. For other uses, see Crimea (disambiguation).

Republic of Crimea
Republic[a]
Flag of Republic of Crimea
Flag
Coat of arms of Republic of Crimea
Coat of arms
Anthem: Нивы и горы твои волшебны, Родина
Nivy i gory tvoi volshebny, Rodina (Russian)
"Your fields and mountains are magical, Motherland"
Location of the Republic of Crimea (Russia) (red) in Russia (light yellow)
Location of the Republic of Crimea (Russia) (red)

in Russia (light yellow)

Location of the Republic of Crimea (Russia) (light yellow) in the Crimean Peninsula
Location of the Republic of Crimea (Russia) (light yellow)

in the Crimean Peninsula

Coordinates: 45°18′N 34°24′E / 45.3°N 34.4°E / 45.3; 34.4
Federal districtSouthern[1]
Economic regionNorth Caucasus
Capture of the Crimean parliament by Russian forces27 February 2014
Annexation by Russia18 March 2014[2]
Administrative centreSimferopol
Government
 • BodyState Council
 • HeadSergey Aksyonov[3]
Area
[4]
 • Total26,081 km2 (10,070 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[5]
 • Total1,934,630
 • Density74/km2 (190/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK[8])
License plates82[9][10]
Websiterk.gov.ru

The Republic of Crimea[b] is a republic of Russia, comprising most of the Crimean Peninsula, but excluding Sevastopol.[11] Its territory corresponds to the pre-2023[12] territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a de jure subdivision of Ukraine. Russia occupied and annexed the peninsula in 2014, although the annexation remains internationally unrecognized.[13]

The capital and largest city located within its borders is Simferopol, which is the second-largest city on the Crimean Peninsula. As of the 2021 Russian census, the Republic of Crimea had a population of 1,934,630.[5]


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  1. ^ "Crimea becomes part of vast Southern federal district of Russia". Ukraine Today. 28 July 2016. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Putin reveals secrets of Russia's Crimea takeover plot". BBC. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2016. Crimea was formally absorbed into Russia on 18 March, to international condemnation, after unidentified gunmen took over the peninsula.
  3. ^ "Crimea Deputies Back Acting Leader Sergei Aksyonov to Head Republic – News". The Moscow Times. 9 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Autonomous Republic of Crimea". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  5. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service. Всероссийская перепись населения 2020 года. Том 1 [2020 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1] (XLS) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  6. ^ Article 10, Section 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Crimea (2014)
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  8. ^ "Russia turns back clocks to permanent Winter Time". AFP. 26 October 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Order of Interior Ministry of Russia №316". Interior Ministry of Russia. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  10. ^ Для крымских автомобилистов приготовили новые номера. Segodnya (in Russian). 2 April 2014. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  11. ^ Heaney, Dominic, ed. (2023). The Territories of the Russian Federation 2023 (24th ed.). Routledge. p. 43. doi:10.4324/b23329. ISBN 9781003384038. S2CID 267600423. In March 2014 Russia annexed two territories internationally recognized as constituting parts of Ukraine—the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol City—bringing the de facto membership of the Federation to 85 territories.
  12. ^ "Про внесення змін до деяких законодавчих актів України щодо вирішення окремих питань адміністративно-територіального устрою Автономної Республіки Крим". Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України (in Ukrainian). 23 August 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  13. ^ Heaney, Dominic, ed. (2023). The Territories of the Russian Federation 2023 (24th ed.). Routledge. p. 130. doi:10.4324/b23329. ISBN 9781003384038. S2CID 267600423. The territories of the Crimean peninsula, comprising Sevastopol City and the Republic of Crimea, remained internationally recognized as constituting part of Ukraine, following their annexation by Russia in March 2014.