Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1991–1992)

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|conventional_long_name = Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

|native_name = {{Native name list

|tag1=ru |name1=Крымская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика|italics1=off

|tag2=crh|name2=Къырым Мухтар Социалист Совет Джумхуриети|italics2=off

|tag3=uk |name3=Кримська Автономна Радянська Соціалістична Республіка|italics3=off}}

|common_name = the Crimean ASSR

|subdivision = ASSR

|nation = the Ukrainian SSR
Autonomous republic of Ukraine

|life_span = 1991–1992

|membership_title1 = Country

|membership1 = {{flag|Soviet Union}}
(1921–91)
{{flag|Ukraine}}
(1991–92)

|image_map = Outline Map of Crimea in Russia (2014–2022).svg

|image_map_caption =

|p1 = Crimean Oblast

|flag_p1 = Flag of the Soviet Union.svg

|s1 = Republic of Crimea (1992–1995)

|flag_s1 = Flag of Crimea.svg

|image_flag = Flag of Ukrainian SSR.svg

|flag_type = Flag

|image_coat = Coat of arms of Ukrainian SSR.svg

|symbol_type = Emblem

|capital = Simferopol

|government_type = Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics
{{nowrap|(1991–92)}}

|date_start = 12 February

|year_start = 1991

|date_event1 =

|event1 =

|date_event2 =

|event2 =

|date_event3 =

|event3 =

|event4 = Dissolution of the Soviet Union

|date_event4 = {{nowrap|26 December 1991}}

|date_end = 6 May

|year_end = 1992

|today = {{flag|Ukraine}}

}}

The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was a polity on the Crimean Peninsula within the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic that was formed during the collapse of the Soviet Union and the following year was renamed the Republic of Crimea. It was later reconstituted as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

History

On 12 February 1991, the status of the Crimean Oblast was changed to that of autonomous republic by the Ukrainian SSR as the result of a state-sanctioned referendum held on 20 January 1991.{{cite web |url=http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1991/499101.shtml |title=Day in history – 20 January |access-date=6 August 2007 |date=8 January 2006 |work=RIA Novosti|language=ru |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930034959/http://www.ukrweekly.com/Archive/1991/499101.shtml |archive-date = 30 September 2007}} Four months later, on June 19, appropriate changes were made to the Constitution of the Ukrainian SSR.[https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1213а-12 Про внесення змін і доповнень до Конституції (Основного Закону) Української РСР]{{Cite web|url=https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/1043447|title=История референдумов в Крыму. Досье|website=ТАСС}}

In September 1991, the Crimean parliament declared the territory to be a sovereign constituent part of Ukraine.{{cite web |url= https://www.refworld.org/docid/469f38ec2.html |title=Chronology for Crimean Russians in Ukraine |access-date=8 September 2021|website=Refworld}} Following approval of the Ukrainian independence national referendum on 1 December 1991, the region was part of the newly independent state of Ukraine. With effect from 6 May 1992, the Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was transformed into the Republic of Crimea within Ukraine.

The status of Sevastopol, due to its strategic importance as the main base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, remained disputed between Ukraine and Russia until 1997 when it was agreed that it should be treated as a "city with special status" within Ukraine.

Since 2014, the Crimean Peninsula has been under Russian control following the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.