Russian annexation of Crimea

Details

Instance of

annexation, self-determination, military operation

Date

2014

Start time

20 February 2014

End time

26 March 2014

Part of

Russo-Ukrainian war, 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Has parts

2014 Russian invasion of Crimea, declaration of Independence of the Republic of Crimea, 2014 Crimean status referendum

Follows

Revolution of Dignity, 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea, transfer of Crimea to Ukraine

Location

Crimea

Country

Ukraine, Russia, Republic of Crimea

Participants

Russia, Ukraine, Republic of Crimea, Vladislav Surkov, Russian Armed Forces, Alexander Dugin, Igor Girkin, Vladimir Putin

described by source

Crimea. The Way Home, Encyclopædia Britannica, Great Ukrainian Encyclopedia

different from

1783 Russian annexation of Crimea, 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea, Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, Russian annexation of Crimea, Russian occupation of Crimea, Q18400172

facet of

Russian irredentism, Russo-Ukrainian war, Russian imperialism, political status of Crimea

has cause

impeachment of Viktor Yanukovych, Russian irredentism, Belovezh Accords, political status of Crimea, Kharkiv Pact

has effect

international reactions to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

has immediate cause

Euromaidan

main regulatory text

Treaty on the Adoption of the Republic of Crimea to Russia, Federal constitutional law of 2001-12-17 no. 6-FKZ, Q123909027

object of occurrence

Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Sevastopol

significant person

Sergei Aksyonov

theorized by

Valeriya Novodvorskaya

time period

Russia under Vladimir Putin, history of Ukraine since 1991

topic's main category

Category:Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation