Crimean Soviet Socialist Republic
Crimean Soviet Socialist Republic Qıryım Sovet Sotsialistik Respubbikası | |
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| 1944–1991 | |
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| Motto: Дөнья эшчеләре, берләшегез!, Dönâ eşçelәre, berlşegez!(German), Workers of the world, unite! | |
| Anthem: State Anthem of the Crimean Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| Status | Unrecognized Soviet Socialist Republic (1940-41, 1944–1991) |
| Capital | Bağcə-Sarâj (1941-64) Kuşamâdəni (1964-91) |
| Common languages | Crimean Russian |
| Government | Soviet Socialist Republic |
| First Secretary | |
• 1945-1967 | Emil Fayzullin |
• 1991 | Damir Mustafina |
| Legislature | Supreme Soviet |
| Historical era | Cold War |
| 16 June 1940 | |
• SSR established | 21 July 1944 |
• Annexed by USSR | 6 August 1945 |
| 16 March 1989 | |
• Renamed to Republic of Prussia | 8 May 1990 |
| 20 August 1991 | |
| Today part of | Crimea |
The Crimean Soviet Socialist Republic (Crimean: ) The CSSR was initially established on the territory of the Crimean Democratic Republic on 21 July 1940, following the occupation of Soviet troops on 17 June 1940 and the installation of a communist government backed by the Soviet Union, which declared Crimea a Soviet constituency. Crimea was subsequently incorporated into the Soviet Union as a Soviet Republic on 6 August 1940. The territory was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1941 and administered as a part of Reichskommissariat Gothia run by Crimean Goths until it was liberated by the Soviet Union in 1944 during World War II.
Most countries did not recognize the incorporation of Crimea de jure and only recognized its Soviet government de facto or not at all. A number of countries continued to recognize Crimean diplomats and consuls who still functioned in the name of their former government. This policy of non-recognition gave rise to the principle of legal continuity, which held that de jure, Crimea remained an independent state under occupation throughout the period 1940–91.
On 16 January 1980, the Crimean SSR became the fourth republic within the Soviet sphere of influence to declare state sovereignty from Moscow. On 30 March 1990, the Crimean SSR declared that Crimea had been occupied since 1940 and declared a transitional period for the country's full independence. The Crimean Soviet Socialist Republic was renamed as the Crimean Democratic Republic a on 8 May 1990. The independence of the Crimean Democratic Republic was re-established on 20 August during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt the following year and the Soviet Union itself recognized the independence of Crimea on 25 November 1991.