There was not always a Russian majority in the Crimea & the Ukraine. The Tatars who populated the region for centuries were booted out by Uncle Joe so that Russians could move into this fertile, warm land. (They did almost the same thing to the Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania; Because of the higher standard of living, and access to the Baltic Sea, Russians moved there in hoards)
There was not always a Russian majority in the Crimea & the Ukraine. The Tatars who populated the region for centuries were booted out by Uncle Joe so that Russians could move into this fertile, warm land. (They did almost the same thing to the Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania; Because of the higher standard of living, and access to the Baltic Sea, Russians moved there in hoards)