Crimea is more than 200 years old Russian land according to the agreement between Turkey and Russia.
I have a counter - question why does Obama want Crimea and all Ukraine? And what is he doing in the Ukraine. In USA there are no problems worthy of the attention of the President, aren`t there?
The residents of the Crimea has voted themselves for accession to Russia and made their choice where they want to live.
Crimea was first Russia because it fell within the borders of Russia.
Ethenic russian,
There are three official languages in the Crimean Republic: Ukrainian, Russian, Tatar.
No, the Crimean Peninsula (Crimea, "Krym" in Russian) is on the north shore of the Black Sea and now part of the Ukraine. Until the break up of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the Crimea was part of "Russia" (either the Soviet Union or the tsarist Russian Empire). It was taken by Russia during 18th-century wars with the Turks, at which time the population was "Crimean Tatars" who were essentially Turkish.
Yevgeni Bauer died on June 22, 1917, in Crimea, Russian Empire of pneumonia.
Aleksander Jackiewicz was born on August 19, 1915, in Simferopol, Crimea, Russian Empire [now Ukraine].
Zula Pogorzelska was born in 1896, in Yevpatoria, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine].
Georges Vitaly was born on January 15, 1917, in Simferopol, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine].
The key area of instability in Eastern Europe is the Ukraine. The Russian Federation seized the Crimea from Ukraine and still supports Pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine.
The capital of Crimea, Europe is Sevastopol
Nathalie Kovanko was born on September 13, 1899, in Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine].
Val Lewton was born on May 7, 1904, in Yalta, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire [now Crimea, Ukraine].