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Krym, Avtonomna Respublika (autonomous republic) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.2500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 034 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 34.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Predominantly inhabited by Tatars until they were expelled because of alleged collaboration with Nazis in 1945; products include winter wheat, corn, sunflowers, tobacco, and wine; limestone and diorite are quarried; iron ore is mined at Kerč'. In March of 2014, a referendum was voted upon in Crimea to secede from the Ukraine and rejoin Russia. This vote was contested by the European Union and the United States. |
Names: |
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| Krym, Avtonomna Respublika (preferred,C,V)
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| Avtonomna Respublika Krym (C,V)
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| Krym (C,V)
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| Crimea (C,O)
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| Crimea Oblast (H,V)
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| Krymskaja Oblast' (H,V)
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| Krymskaya Avtonomnaya Oblast' (H,V)
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| Krymskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika (H,V)
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| Respublika Krym (H,V)
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| autonomous republic (preferred, C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Krymskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika.......... |
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NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 17 March 2014 |
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