User blog comment:EthanConquistador/Crimean Crisis/@comment-5590986-20140319214035/@comment-6812733-20140319224837

That is one of the things why Crimea actually has russians. When USSR was still alive, russian people were moved all over the country and because of that, there are so much russians living in former-USSR states. And USSR also moved the natives from Crimea (tartars) elsewhere and put russians there instead. Atleast that's what I've heard.