REFERENCE: Strategic Crimea (Part I)

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NARRATIVE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republics_of_the_Soviet_Union

From 1956 until its dissolution in 1991, the Soviet Union consisted of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_Fleet

The Black Sea Fleet has its official primary headquarters and facilities at the Sevastopol Naval Base, Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014. The rest of the fleet's facilities are based in locations on the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, including Krasnodar Krai, Rostov Oblast and Crimea.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevastopol_Naval_Base

The base is used by the Russian Navy, and it is the main base of the Black Sea Fleet. Internationally it's recognised as Ukrainian land under Russian occupation.

 

PICTORIAL

Sevastopol on the southwestern end of Crimea

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Sea_map.png
Location map of the Black Sea
The picture is cropped and used under the GNU Free Documentation License.