title: Reading 9.3 The Threat to Ukraine From the West
abstract: In people's hearts and minds, Crimea has always been an inseparable part of Russia. After the revolution, the Bolsheviks, for a number of reasons—may God judge them—added large sections of the historical South of Russia to the Republic of Ukraine. In 1954, a decision was made to transfer Crimean Region to Ukraine, along with Sevastopol, despite the fact that it was a federal city. Many people in Russia and in Ukraine, as well as in other republics hoped that the Commonwealth of Independent State