CRIMEA

CRIMEA Scythians (Scytho-Cimmerians) Tauri Greeks Romans Goths Huns Bulgars Kipchaks  Khazars Kievan Rus + Byzantium [Modern Belarus, Ukraine & Russia all claim Kievan Rus  inheritance] Mongol (Golden Horde) Venetians + Genovese (13th C. - ie 1200s) Crimean Khanate + Ottoman Empire (15thC. to 18thC. ie 1700s) Russian Empire (1783) Catherine the Great Crimean Autonomous            Soviet Socialist Republic (1921) Russian    SSR* (1945-1954)    Soviet Socialist Republic Ukrainian  SSR* (1954-1991)   Soviet Socialist Republic Autonomous Republic (Ukraine) 1991-2014) Russian Federation in (2014) [Wikipedia]