Notes and Essays -- John Brown

"The USSR transferred Crimea to Ukraine on the 300th anniversary of the Pereyaslav Treaty in 1954." Crimea From Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search For other uses, see  Crimea (disambiguation) . Crimean Peninsula May 2015 satellite image of the Crimean Peninsula Geography Location Ukraine Coordinates 45.3°N 34.4°E Coordinates :  45.3°N 34.4°E Adjacent to Black Sea Sea of Azov Area 27,000 km 2  (10,000 sq mi) Highest elevation 1,545 m (5069 ft) Highest point Roman-Kosh Status Internationally recognized  as Ukrainian territory occupied by  Russian Federation ; see  Political status of Crimea Ukraine Northern Arabat Spit ( Henichesk Raion ) Autonomous Republic of Crimea Sevastopol Largest settlement Sevastopol Demographics Demonym Crimean Population  2,416,856 [1]  (2021) Pop. density 84.6/km 2  (219.1/sq mi) Map of the Crimean Peninsula The Flag of Crimea (used by both Ukr...

  Operation Barbarossa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Operation Barbarossa Part of the  Eastern Front  of  World War II Clockwise from top left: German soldiers advance through northern Russia German flamethrower team Soviet  Ilyushin Il-2s  over German positions near Moscow Soviet POWs on the way to prison camps Soviet soldiers fire artillery Date 22 June 1941 – 7 January 1942 (6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days) Location Central Europe Northeast Europe Eastern Europe Mainly the  Soviet Union Result Axis failure Opening of the  Eastern Front Axis failure to reach the  A-A line Beginning of  Soviet Winter counter-offensive Belligerents   Germany [a]   Romania   Finland   Italy   Hungary   Slovakia   Soviet Union Commanders and leaders   Adolf Hitler   Wilhelm Keitel   Alfred Jodl   Walther von Brauchitsch   Franz Halder   He...