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The Crimean Khanate was a semi-nomadic, [[Islamic]] [[slave]]-trading state that enslaved hundreds of thousands from what is now '[[Ukraine]]' and [[Russia]]. Their preferred area of raids was '[[Western Ukraine]]'.

The Crimean Khanate was a semi-nomadic, [[Islamic]] [[slave]]-trading state that enslaved hundreds of thousands from what is now '[[Ukraine]]' and [[Russia]]. Their preferred area of raids was '[[Western Ukraine]]'.

In 988 [[Vladimir the Great]] was baptized in 988 Crimea, and every city of note was built by the [[Russian Empire]]. The Russians made Crimea became a border between [[Christendom]] and [[Islam]].

In 988 [[Vladimir the Great]] was baptized in Crimea, and every city of note was built by the [[Russian Empire]]. The Russians made Crimea became a border between [[Christendom]] and [[Islam]].

Modern Ukrainians were taught to say, "Actually, it's [[Islamic]] Crimean Tatar land" — defending the khanate that once preyed on them. In 1944 Stalin deported most Muslim Taters who collaborated with the [[Nazi]]s, and the large naval base there has attracted many Russian military families. In 1954 to counterbalance the Ukrainian nationalists and the [[CIA]]-backed Nazi counterinsurgency in [[Western Ukraine]] that extended after [[Hitler]]'s death, Soviet Premier [[Khruschev]] unilaterally without consent of the people transferred the majority [[Russian]] population in Crimea from the [[Russian Federation]] and placed them under [[Kiev]] administration and the [[Ukrainian SSR]]. The [[Maidan regime]] wants Crimea back, not because majority of ethnic Ukrainians live - which they don't, but because Crimea is large resort area with its mild and temperate climate. Crimea has been a prize fought over, not just by Russians and Ukrainians, but others from the "frozen north" (Hitler wanted to make the Crimea the "German Riviera" in his [[Lebensraum]] program).

Modern Ukrainians were taught to say, "Actually, it's [[Islamic]] Crimean Tatar land" — defending the khanate that once preyed on them. In 1944 Stalin deported most Muslim Taters who collaborated with the [[Nazi]]s, and the large naval base there has attracted many Russian military families. In 1954 to counterbalance the Ukrainian nationalists and the [[CIA]]-backed Nazi counterinsurgency in [[Western Ukraine]] that extended after [[Hitler]]'s death, Soviet Premier [[Khruschev]] unilaterally without consent of the people transferred the majority [[Russian]] population in Crimea from the [[Russian Federation]] and placed them under [[Kiev]] administration and the [[Ukrainian SSR]]. The [[Maidan regime]] wants Crimea back, not because majority of ethnic Ukrainians live - which they don't, but because Crimea is large resort area with its mild and temperate climate. Crimea has been a prize fought over, not just by Russians and Ukrainians, but others from the "frozen north" (Hitler wanted to make the Crimea the "German Riviera" in his [[Lebensraum]] program).