[MinorityRepublican]

Crimea was part of Ukraine from 1991 to 2014. You could say that it was a huge mistake that Ukraine retained Crimea in the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union and that's why Putin had to seize Crimea in 2014.

But for a brief period, Crimea was Ukrainian.

[fieldmarshaldj]

It was part of the Ukraine by edict of the Communist Khrushchev. It remains truly remarkable how many folks here want to respect, to the point of veneration, this singular edict. Of course, more than a few are beginning to expose themselves as Communists.