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transferred to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. It became
the Autonomous Republic of
Crimea within newly independent
Ukraine in 1991, with Sevastopol
having its own administration,
within Ukraine but outside of the
Autonomous Republic. Sovereignty and control of the peninsula
became the subject of an ongoing
territorial dispute between Russia
and Ukraine, with Russia signing a
treaty of accession in March 2014
with the self-declared independent Republic of Crimea, absorbing it into the Russian Federation,
though this is not recognised by
Ukraine or most of the internation22
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al community. In ancient times, it
was the home of Cimmerians and
Scythians, as well as the site of
Greek colonies. The most import