Russia’s seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and bloodless, but ...

Crimea, which juts out into the Black Sea off southern Ukraine, was absorbed into the Russian empire along with most ethnic Ukrainian territory by Catherine the Great in the 18th century.

Russia's seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 ... centuries fighting for it. Crimea was home to Turkic-speaking Tatars when the Russian empire first annexed it in the 18th ...

Crimea, which juts out into the Black Sea off southern Ukraine, was absorbed into the Russian empire along with most ethnic Ukrainian territory by Catherine the Great in the 18th century.

Crimea Has Been a Battleground and a Playground. Why It's Coveted by Both Russia and Ukraine Russia's seizure ... speaking Tatars when the Russian empire first annexed it in the 18th century.

Russia’s seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 ... centuries fighting for it. Crimea was home to Turkic-speaking Tatars when the Russian empire first annexed it in the 18th ...

FILE - People watch as Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech after signing treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join ... a meeting in Sevastopol, Crimea, on Sept.