World News Insights
1-3 Minute Gist
Search, personalize, or simply browse. Follow the world around you from gist and context to insights.
Who we are | Our Credo | Ways of using Lyrarc | FAQ | Send Feedback | First Letter From the Editor
Sign up. It's free and easy to use
Create an account
to personalize your feed of articles and topics.
All Topics Article
To understand Crimea, take a look back at its complicated history
Keywords:
The WP's Adam Taylor gives readers glimpses of Ukraine's and Crimea's history. The Crimea was at various times part of the Greek and Roman Empires as Taurica, the Mongols, the Khanate since 1400, and part of the Russian Empire since 1783. About 60% of the population is Russian in the Crimea, 12% Tartars. Under the Soviet Union it was first the Crimean Autonomous Socialist Republic till 1945 and then Crimean Oblast, an administrative region of Russia. It was made part of Ukraine by Russian premier Krushchev in 1954, Krushchev himself being a Russian who came up through the Ukrainian Communist party. In Dec. 1991 a referendum was held in Ukraine, 54% of Crimean voters favored independence from Russia. Crimea remained part of Ukraine with autonomy including its own constitution, and legislature. A 1997 treaty allowed Russia to base its Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea.
WP's Adam Taylor gives glimpses of Ukraine's and Crimea's history with Greek, Turkish and Russian influences
02/27/2014
Under the Greeks and Romans Crimea was called Taurica. The Crimean War was was fought here in 1853 between Britain and the Ottoman Empire against Russia, when Florence Nightingale helped nurse wounded British soldiers.
Grouped Articles
To understand Crimea, take a look back at its complicated history
Washington Post 02/28/2014
In Crimea, a Long History of Russian Power Struggles
Wall Street Journal 02/28/2014
Crimea’s Bloody Past Is a Key to Its Present
New York Times 02/27/2014
Russia Moves Closer to Absorbing Crimea, Despite Sanctions
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2014
Would New Borders Mean Less Conflict in the Middle East?
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2015
Ukraine topples Communist statues but raises a bigger debate - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/17/2015
Russia and Ukraine 2004- 2015- a decade of stormy relations
02/23/2014
Grouped Articles
Deeply Bound to Ukraine, Putin Watches and Waits for Next Move
New York Times 02/23/2014
To understand Crimea, take a look back at its complicated history
Washington Post 02/28/2014
A History Lesson That Needs Relearning
New York Times 03/01/2014
Russia Plotting for Ukrainian Influence, Not Invasion, Analysts Say
New York Times 04/09/2014
Ukraine’s Next President Vows to Restore Order and Mend Russia Ties
New York Times 05/26/2014
Tensions Are Writ Large Before Ukraine Showdown
Wall Street Journal 07/07/2014
Russian intervention in Georgia to support ethnic Russians and the foreign policy implications.
08/12/2008
Would this mark a return to a Cold War atmosphere. It would not. What it does is mark the limits to what Russia sees as American and NATO efforts to integrate the formerly Soviet countries of Ukraine and Georgia into NATO and the European Union. Even this is not certain as it may be Putin's response to NATO intervention in Kosovo inside Serbia.
Grouped Articles
Georgia Vote Cements Old Leader's Fall
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2013
Deeply Bound to Ukraine, Putin Watches and Waits for Next Move
New York Times 02/23/2014
To understand Crimea, take a look back at its complicated history
Washington Post 02/28/2014
Russia Plotting for Ukrainian Influence, Not Invasion, Analysts Say
New York Times 04/09/2014
Tensions Are Writ Large Before Ukraine Showdown
Wall Street Journal 07/07/2014
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
Ukraine and the divisions between the western part of Ukraine and the southern Russian speaking Crimea region
02/26/2014
About 30% of Ukrainians have Russian background and the people in Crimea see themselves as closer to Russia. Under the Hapsburgs eastern Ukraine developed strong nationalism. Many of the protesters were from the east. Many educated Ukrainians including those with Russian background see their goal as becoming an open tolerant democracy.
Grouped Articles
Ukraine and the Perils of Division
New York Times 02/26/2014
To understand Crimea, take a look back at its complicated history
Washington Post 02/28/2014
In Crimea, a Long History of Russian Power Struggles
Wall Street Journal 02/28/2014
A History Lesson That Needs Relearning
New York Times 03/01/2014
Russia Moves Closer to Absorbing Crimea, Despite Sanctions
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2014
Russia Plotting for Ukrainian Influence, Not Invasion, Analysts Say
New York Times 04/09/2014
We took a different way to help millions around the world build educated informed mindsets that affects and shapes their lives. For a future that is open, global and digital, with everyone having access to high quality information. We believe in the renewal of America, renewal of Europe, the renewal of India, the rest of Asia, Latin America and Africa. The renewal of our supply chains, health, education, infrastructure, as we rebuild our countries after the pandemic. Literacy and knowledge we believe cannot thrive and grow in a world of web bots, web crawlers, or AI. This requires human curiosity, human learning, and human imagination. We take as inspiration the saying- “One has to be free, and as broad as sky. One has to have a mind that is crystal clear, only then can truth shine in it.” Every contribution whether big or small is precious- in this crisis and ahead.
Support Lyrarc from as small as $1
Terms and Conditions | Copyright Policy | Privacy Policy | Contact Us