No, there was no “gift from “Khrushchev.” On February 19, 1954, at the request of the Kremlin, Ukraine assumed the task of saving the Crimea, which had been extremely neglected by the Russian Federation; a region with its economy in ruins and a population that had been heavily deported out of the region. Read more on maidantranslations.com: How Ukraine rebuilt Crimea (“Khrushchev’s Gift”). The infographics are available in 5 languages (click to enlarge):
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