Crimea

Russia wants to takeover part of Ukraine Russia wants Crimea to be part of Russia not Ukraine. Why? Oil. Read my comment at the bottom, its really about oil. What does Russian say is the reason? There are many Russians that live in Ukrainian Crimea.   Why is this crazy that Russia wants Crimea? Because [...]

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English is not spoken in Crimea. I thought the magic language of English thats works everywhere would be spoken in Crimea.  Not even a little. Not even one word.  Not even young Russian students.  Ukrainian is the offical language but really Russian is spoken a bit more. Also Tartar is spoken by a small minority.  [...]

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Being in Crimea, Ukraine I feel very safe.  The people are friendly and police are everywhere.  It is remarkable that you can have so many people from, mostly the CIS in one concentrated place, and it is clean nd safe.   Plenty of bank machines for cash.  No aggressive people or people who look like they will [...]

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I am currently on vacation in Crimea, right now Feodosia. I thought I would flex and expand some of my linquistic skills and learn some Ukrainian and Russian, as a complement to Polish.  I have to say nothing mentally has happened other than me sleeping on the beach and back in my flat.  I have never [...]

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Crimea Crimea was inhabited by Proto-Indo Europeans, Cimmerians, Greeks, Scythians, Iranians, Goths, Huns, Bulgars, Khazars, Kievan Rus (Ukrainians), Byzantine Greeks, Kipchaks, Mongols, Tartars, Ottomans, Germans, Russians and now Ukrainians again. The area of Crimea or Krym in Ukrainian is now mostly inhabited by Russian and Ukrainians with a Tartar minority.  Although Ukrainian is the official [...]

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