Russia. Crimea. History.

Russia and Crimea. Crimea and Russia. It is one whole, a braid of history and geopolitics. It is heroic pages of two defenses of Sevastopol. It is Suvorov and Kutuzov; it is Admirals Nakhimov, Kornilov, and Istomin.

It is the wise policy of Catherine the Great and the bordering-on-treason reckless madness of Nikita Khrushchev.

Every time Russia gained Crimea, it became a superpower. Every loss of Crimea led to the loss of that status. And in 2014 our country became a superpower again, thanks to the courage and steadfastness of the people of Crimea and the political will of the President of Russia.

All of this is about in the new book by Nikolay Starikov (author of bestsellers "Geopolitics. How It’s Done", "Nationalization of the Ruble — the Path to Freedom for Russia") and Dmitry Belyaev (author of "Ruins in the Heads. Information War Against Russia").

• How did Crimea return home in 2014?
• Who and why organized the coup in Kyiv?
• What was the history of the loss of Crimea in 1991?
• Why did Khrushchev give Crimea to Ukraine and nearly give the Kurils to Japan?
• What happened in Crimea during the Great Patriotic War?
• What horrors were committed on the peninsula during the Civil War?

Crimea and Russia. Russia and Crimea. One whole, one country, one history. Now — forever.