Crimea is a peninsula in Eastern Europe, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, almost entirely surrounded by the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. The Isthmus of Perekop connects the peninsula to Kherson Oblast in mainland Ukraine. To the east, the Crimean Bridge, constructed in 2018, spans the Strait of Kerch, linking the peninsula with Krasnodar Krai in Russia. The Arabat Spit, located to the northeast, is a narrow strip of land that separates the Syvash lagoons from the Sea of Azov. Across the Black Sea to the west lies Romania and to the south is Turkey. The population is 2.4 million, and the largest city is Sevastopol. The region has been under Russian occupation since 2014.
The Crimean Bridge, also called Kerch Strait Bridge or Kerch Bridge, is a pair of parallel bridges, one for a four-lane road and one for a double-track railway, spanning the Kerch Strait between the Taman Peninsula of Krasnodar Krai in Russia and the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea. Built by the Russian Federation after its annexation of Crimea at the start of 2014, the bridge cost ₽227.92 billion (US$3.7 billion) and has a length of 19 km (12 mi), making it the longest bridge in Europe and the longest bridge ever constructed by Russia.
Yulia Vyacheslavovna Lipnitskaya is a Russian retired competitive figure skater. She was part of the Russian team that won the 2014 Winter Olympics team trophy. Individually, Lipnitskaya is the 2014 World silver medalist, the 2014 European champion, the 2013–14 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and a two-time Russian national silver medalist. As a junior, Lipnitskaya won the 2012 World Junior Championships, 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final, and 2012 Russian Junior Championships. She retired from the sport in 2017 due to injuries and anorexia nervosa.
Yulia Sergeevna Peresild is a Russian stage actress, singer and cosmonaut.
The North Crimean Canal, formerly known as the North Crimean Canal of the Lenin's Komsomol of Ukraine in Soviet times, is a land improvement canal for irrigation and watering of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula. The canal has multiple branches throughout Kherson Oblast and Crimea, and is normally active from March until December.
The Republic of Crimea is a republic of Russia, comprising most of the Crimean Peninsula, but excluding Sevastopol. Its territory corresponds to the pre-2023 territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a de jure subdivision of Ukraine. Russia occupied and annexed the peninsula in 2014, although the annexation remains internationally unrecognized.
Crimea. The Way Home is a Russian propaganda television documentary about the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014. The film premiered both on Russian channel Rossiya 1 and on YouTube on March 15, 2015.
The Karakurt class, Russian designation Project 22800 Karakurt, is a class of Russian Navy corvettes first commissioned in 2018.
Miss Russia 2018 the 26th edition of the Miss Russia pageant, held in concert hall Barvikha Luxury Village in Moscow on 14 April 2018. Fifty contestants from around Russia competed for the crown. Polina Popova of Sverdlovsk Oblast crowned her successor Yulia Polyachikhina of Chuvashia at the end of the event. The competition was hosted by Maxim Privalov and Vera Krasova.
Yulia Sergeyevna Polyachikhina is a Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2018. She represented Russia at Miss Universe 2018 but did not place.
Natalya "Natasha" Stroeva is a Russian model and beauty pageant titleholder who placed as the second runner-up at Miss Russia 2018, representing Yakutia. She was later appointed Miss World Russia 2018, and represented Russia at Miss World 2018.
The Kerch Polytechnic College massacre was a school shooting and bomb attack that occurred in Kerch, Crimea, on 17 October 2018, when 18-year-old student Vladislav Roslyakov killed 20 people and wounded 67 others before subsequently committing suicide. It was the deadliest school shooting in the former Soviet Union since the 2004 Beslan school siege.
Alina Stanislavovna Sanko is a Russian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2019. She represented Russia at Miss World 2019, where she reached the top twelve, and at Miss Universe 2020, where she was unplaced.
Anna Vladislavovna Linnikova is a Russian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Russia 2022. As Miss Russia, Linnikova represented Russia at Miss Universe 2022.
Miss Grand Russia is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Russian representatives competing at the Miss Grand International pageant. The title was first awarded in 2013, when a Moscow-based television personality, Anyuta Volkova, was appointed to compete in the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand, where the headquarter of the pageant was located. From 2013 to 2020, the license of Miss Grand Russia belonged to the Cheboksary-based modeling agency, Volga Models, which is also the organizer of the Miss Tourism Russia pageant. However, the country representatives for Miss Grand International were not determined through the mentioned national contest; hand-picking was usually done.
Miss Grand Mongolia is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Mongolia representatives competing at the Miss Grand International contest. It was first awarded in 2013 to one of the Miss Mongolia 2013 finalists from Ulaanbaatar, Delgermaa Enkhtsogt, who then competed at the inaugural edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand, but was unplaced. By different directors, the following representatives were also assigned; no stand-alone pageant was held individually for Miss Grand.
Miss Grand Kazakhstan is a female beauty pageant title awarded to Kazakh representatives competing at the Miss Grand International pageant. The title was first mentioned in 2013 when an Almaty-based model, Yuliya Kolesnik, was assigned by Idol Fashion Management LLC to represent Kazakhstan at the first edition of Miss Grand International in Thailand; however, she was unplaced.
Miss Grand Bashkortostan is a female beauty pageant title awarded to Bashkir representatives competing in the Miss Grand International contest. From 2019 to 2020, the franchise of Miss Grand International for Bashkortostan belonged to a model agency, Miss Bash Models, which was managed by Luiza Zakiryanova.
Miss Grand Tatarstan is a female beauty pageant title awarded to Tatar representatives competing in the Miss Grand International contest. From 2017 to 2018, the franchise of Miss Grand International for Tatarstan belonged to the Miss Tourism Russia pageant, which is organized by a Cheboksary-based modeling agency headed by Vladimir Ilyin, Volga Models.
Miss Grand Kyrgyzstan is a national beauty pageant title awarded to Kyrgyz representatives who were elected to compete at the Miss Grand International pageant. The title was first awarded in 2014 to Samudinova Nurzhamal, and then to Jamilya Jyrgalbekova in 2021, as the supplemental titles in the Miss Kyrgyzstan pageants.
