1. Days of the military glory of Russia are victories of the Russian arms that played the decisive role in the history of Russia. The following days of military glory are celebrated in the Russian Federation: April 18 – Victory of Alexander Nevsky over the German knights on Lake Peipus (Battle on the Ice, 1242) September 21 – Victory of the Russian troops headed by Dmitry Donskoy over the tatar-mongols in the Kulikovo battle (1380) November 7 – Liberation of Moscow from the Polish invaders by the people’s army of Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky (1612) July 10 – Victory of the Russian army headed by Peter the Great over the Swedish army in the Poltava battle (1709) August 9 – The first victory of the Russian Navy headed by Peter the Great over the Swedes at the Gangut cape (1714) December 24 – Capture of Izmail fortress (Turkey) by the Russian troops headed by Alexander Suvorov (1790) September 11 – Victory of the Russian squadron headed by Fedor Ushakov over the Turkish squadron at the Tendra cape (1790) September 8 – Borodino battle of the Russian army headed by Mikhail Kutuzov with the French army (1812) December 1 – Victory of the Russian squadron headed by Pavel Nakhimov over the Turkish squadron at the Sinop cape (1853) February 23 – Victory of the Red Army over the German Keiser’s army (1918) – Days of Defenders of the Motherland December 5 – Launch of the counteroffensive of the Soviet army against the German fascist army at the battle of Moscow (1941) February 2 - Defeat of the German fascist army by the Soviet army in the Stalingrad battle (1943) August 23 – Defeat of the German fascist army by the Soviet army in the Kursk battle (1943) January 27 – Raising of the Leningrad blockade (1944) May 9 – Victory Day of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945 (1945)

2. WHO LIVED in CRIMEA I-st –III th centuries BC -Basporous kingdom, Scythians, Greeks, Sarmations, Goths Second part III th century BC –Huns VIII th centuries -Byzantine Empire and Khazar Khanate IX th century Pechenegs and Russes 3 d July 964 prince Svyatoslav defeated Khazar Khanate the Khazar part of Crimea transfers to the authority of the Russian Tmutarakansky princedom In 988 Prince Vladimir, who later christened the entire Rus, was christened there, in ancient Hersones XIII th century the Mongol invasions as part of the Golden Horde.Mongol invasionsGolden Horde XVth - XVIIIth centuries theOttoman Empire conquered the coastal areas as well and made constant raids on Russian stateOttoman Empire

3. The modern history of Crimea begins with the annexation by the Russian Empire in 1783Russian Empire 1768-1774 RUSSIAN -Turkish War 2 February 1784 The Taurida Oblast was created by a decree of Catherine the GreatTaurida OblastCatherine the Great 22 December 1790 Suvorov successfully stormed the reputedly impregnable fortress of Ismail in BessarabiaIsmailBessarabia 1853—1856 the Crimean war, a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, theBritish Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Duchy of NassauRussian EmpireFrench EmpireBritish EmpireOttoman EmpireKingdom of SardiniaDuchy of Nassau

4. SOVIET PERIOD On 19 February 1954, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR issued a decree on the transfer of the Crimean region of the RSFSR( Russian Federation) to the Ukrainian SSR. [28] This Supreme Soviet Decree states that this transfer was motivated by "the commonality of the economy, the proximity, and close economic and cultural relations between the Crimean region and the Ukrainian SSR".Supreme Sovieta decree on the transfer of the Crimean region of the RSFSR( Russian Federation) to the Ukrainian SSR [28]