# Why did Khrushchev "give" Crimea to the Ukraine?

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**Created:** [February 28, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-khrushchev-give-crimea-to-the-ukraine/682545 "2014-02-28T20:56:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-khrushchev-give-crimea-to-the-ukraine/682545/1 "2014-02-28T20:56:30Z")

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See subject. “The” Ukraine, then, most definitely.

Shit has taken a very definite turn to getting real there.

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**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-khrushchev-give-crimea-to-the-ukraine/682545/2 "2014-02-28T22:04:58Z")

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> **[Crimea: A Gift To Ukraine Becomes A Political Flash Point](https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/02/27/283481587/crimea-a-gift-to-ukraine-becomes-a-political-flash-point)**
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> In 1954, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev transferred Crimea from Russia to Ukraine. At the time it seemed unexceptional, but six decades later, that gift is having consequences for both countries.