Why did Nikita Khrushchev Give Crimea to Ukraine?

Why did Nikita Khrushchev Give Crimea to Ukraine? First, we must look at how Crimea even became a part of the USSR, to begin with. The peninsula has actually passed through many hands during history, including Kievan Rus, the Mongols, the Crimean Tartars, the Ottoman Empire, and eventually at the end of the 18th century, the Russian Empire. As such, Crimea has not always been a territory of either Ukraine or Russia, though both have a history intertwined in part with the peninsula. However, by the period of the USSR, Russia had possessed Crimea for a notable amount of time and generally considered the territory to be undeniably and unquestionably Russian. Nevertheless, the situation shifted even before Ukraine obtained the peninsula, as the USSR leadership decided to grant Crimea the status of an autonomous soviet socialist republic in 1921. This would remain the case until 1945 ♦Consider supporting the Channel : ♦Please consider to SUBSCRIBE: ♦Music by Epidemic Sound ♦Script & Research : Skylar J. Gordon #History #ussr