The Crimean Federal District is exactly thisthe official name is now the famous peninsula. He bought it not so long ago, after the referendum of 2014. Until then, he was an autonomous republic within Ukraine. But, as is known, in the middle of March 2014 serious changes took place.
The events of the year before last
In 2014, there were many events.And the most significant was the return of the Crimea to the Russian Federation. On March 16, a referendum took place, on which the inhabitants of the peninsula voted, and on the 18th, it was officially announced that now the Crimean Federal District joined Russia. The government signed all the papers concerning the adoption of an independent sovereign republic into its membership and gave it another status.
Ukraine, of course, did not recognize the releasepeninsula from its composition. The overwhelming majority believes that this is not a voluntary decision of the inhabitants of the republic, but the occupation of territory by Russia. First and the UN General Assembly reacted negatively to this, but now, as can be seen, many countries hold a different opinion.
Further developments
On March 21 of the same year, the President of the RussianFederations Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Constitutional Law, which described in detail everything that concerned the incident. It also says that from now on the peninsula is the Crimean federal district. On the 20th, the day before, the law was adopted by the State Duma, and then approved by the Federation Council. Together with him, the president approved the ratification of the treaty. At the same time, they signed a decree on the creation of such a territorial unit as the Crimean Federal District, in which Oleg Belaventsev became the authorized representative of Vladimir Vladimirovich.
Soon, on April 2, Putin signed anotherdecree. He said that the Crimean Federal District, the map of which is provided below in the article, is included in the Southern Military District. On April 11, the peninsula was included in the list of state entities.
About Sevastopol
So, the status of the Republic of Crimea as a whole is clear. But we must not forget about the glorious hero city of Sevastopol. Here is a slightly different story.
In 2014, March 6, Sevastopol CityThe Council held an extraordinary session at which it was decided that the city would be included in the Russian Federation. This was supported by the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (of which the peninsula was at that time).
The next day came the news.They said that Sevastopol could be incorporated into Russia as a city of federal significance. As everyone knows, there were two of them at that time in the state: St. Petersburg and Moscow.
March 21 it was announced that indeedSevastopol was recognized as such. And the list of subjects of the Russian Federation has become more by two points. Separately included the peninsula and separately - the city-hero. Article 65 of the Constitution of Russia was amended accordingly, and on April 11 a new text of this document was officially announced.
Two points of view
Telling about the famous Sevastopol, it is impossible nottouch on another interesting topic. And it concerns its status, or rather, how it is seen by two different states. It is worth starting with Russia. Officially, the state stated that in accordance with the will of the people and how they voted, a decision was made. According to him, the hero-city of Sevastopol and the Crimean Federal District are part of the state. The Russian Federation has the full right to assert this on all grounds. And this is true, but Ukraine does not think so.
Representatives of this state considering itunited, they claim that Crimea with Sevastopol is an integral part of sovereign Ukraine. And, accordingly, only the laws of Ukraine should be extended to these subjects (according to their logic). Well, it sounds, at least, strange, since the vast majority of residents on the peninsula’s territory are Russians, with Russian passports, with rubles in a purse and with tricolors on buildings. But the Ukrainian representatives were at a loss. They have lost part of the state because of their relationship. Here are just the inhabitants of the republic, the state of things suits. As a consolation, Ukraine needed only to assure that the Crimea would return to their composition.
New Constitution
So, talking about the Crimean Federal DistrictRussia, it is impossible not to touch on the subject of the changes that occurred on the peninsula. And it is worth starting with the most important thing, with the Constitution. On April 11, 2014, an extraordinary meeting of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea was held. And it approved the Constitution. The Crimean document consists of ten chapters and 95 different articles. Its main provisions are identical to those prescribed in the main law of the Russian Federation.
Content of the Constitution
Согласно новому документу, РК — это democratic state of law, which is part of Russia and its equal subject. The source of power in the Republic of Kazakhstan is the people. On the territory of the peninsula there are three state languages: Russian, Ukrainian and Crimean-Tatar. But 99% of the population speak Russian. Practically no one speaks Ukrainian, and only a small part speaks Crimean Tatar.
The highest official is the head of the republic, hiselected deputies of the State Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan for five years. An elected person can hold this position for no more than two terms in a row. Since October 9, 2014, the head of the Crimea is Sergey Aksenov.
On December 8 of the same year, Dmitry Kozak, who is the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, said that the republic is already ready to enter the system of state administration of the Russian Federation.
Events around the current situation
The structure of the Crimean Federal District includesa lot of cities. And indeed, the peninsula itself is not small in size. Ukraine, having lost it, did not want to “let go” of the Crimea to Russia (despite the fact that it was already included in its membership).
Спустя полтора года Ленур Ислямов, Рефат Чубаров and Mustafa Dzhemilev, Crimean Tatar political figures who position themselves as patriots of Ukraine, organized a blockade of the border with the Crimea. That side stated that they intended to release Ukrainian political prisoners. This happened a year and a half after the new status was granted to the republic.
Стоит напомнить, что уже на тот момент 95 % residents received Russian passports, refused Ukrainian citizenship. Rubles were introduced, the supply of products and other important goods from the mainland part of the Russian Federation was adjusted, Russian stores and retail chains were opened and at that time the bridge across the Kerch Strait had acquired the clear outlines.
Но украинские и крымско-татарские активисты из this state did not lose hope to return the Crimea. In November, power transmission towers, which supplied electricity to the peninsula, were blown up. In the shortest possible time, a part of the energy bridge from Kerch to the mainland of the Russian Federation was laid, the Crimea became independent from Ukraine in this regard.
Conclusion
Crimea is, as the inhabitants of the peninsula say,representatives of the government, the authorities and the people, part of Russia forever. Indeed, an enormous amount of work was done to return the republic to the Federation, but most importantly, it was possible to carry it out. And now numerous beautiful cities, such as Sevastopol, Yalta, Kerch, Feodosiya, Evpatoria, Alushta, Koktebel, are an integral part of Russia. While in the country there is a transition period.
