Who does Crimea really belong to?

What is Crimea and is Crimea Ukraine's or Russia's? Crimea peninsula has long been a cornerstone of the Russian imperial narrative, with the country's centuries-long propaganda placing Russia as the "rightful historical owner" of the Ukrainian peninsula. After Russia illegally annexed Crimea in 2014, Russian propaganda has successfully spread the narrative of Russia's "return" of a "historic Russian land" among the international public, with many Western leaders soon abstaining from asserting that Ukraine must get the peninsula back. This chapter of Ukraine's True History will explore the historical context that led to Crimea as it is today and answer why Russia doesn't have a "historic right" to annex Ukrainian Crimea. Read the brief history of Crimea here: https://kyivindependent.com/who-does-... This material is funded by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting within the program “Ukraine Forward: Amplifying Analysis.” The program is financed by the MATRA Programme of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ukraine. Producer: Olena Makarenko Scriptwriters: Olena Makarenko, Francis Farrell Motion design, illustration, animation, sound: Hanna Naronina Narrator: Anthony Bartaway Story editors: Oleksiy Sorokin, Olga Rudenko, Toma Istomina Project coordinator: Anna Yakutenko Opener: Illustration by Alina Radomska Motion design by Anastasia Nevmerzhytska #ukraine #ukrainianhistory #historyofukraine #historyfacts #crimea #crimeaisukraine #crimeantatar #history #animatedstories #animatedvideos 00:00 - Crimea - is where Russia's war began in 2014 00:35 - The actual history of Crimea 00:55 - Who lived in Crimea? 01:16 - Who are Crimean Tatars? Are Crimean Tatars Ukrainians? 02:07 - Crimean Tatars and Cossacks 02:27 - How Crimea became part of the Russian Empire 02:58 - Collapse of the Russian Empire 03:35 - When did Crimea become part of Soviet Union? 03:58 - Why Stalin deported Crimean Tatars 04:34 - Did Nikita Khrushchev "gift" Crimea to Ukraine? 05:31 - Ukraine's Independence. Budapest Memorandum. 06:14 - Viktor Yanukovych and Russian warships in Crimea. 07:02 - How Russia annexed Crimea 07:50 - Moscow uses Crimea to launch full-scale war 8:20 - When will Ukraine get Crimea back? In this video you will also find an answers to these popular questions: What is Crimea? Did Crimea belong to Russia? What's Crimea's short history? Was Crimea ever Russian territory? What Crimea means to Russia? How was Crimea annexed? What happened in Crimea? How did Crimea become a part of Ukraine? How do Crimeans feel about Russia? How many Crimean Tatars are there? Photos and videos used in story: Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Universal Images Group via Getty Images The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Sean Gallup/Getty Images Bildagentur/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, including photos by Serhii Korovainy, Stanislav Yurchenko, Gulnara Bakirova (Courtesy Images), Oleksandr Klymenko Facebook/Air Force Command of UA Armed Forces Crimean Solidarity Viktor Pobedynskyi/UNIAN