Exactly 10 years ago, the Crimean Peninsula was reunified with Russia. On March 18, 2014, President Vladimir Putin signed an agreement with the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol on their entry into the Russian Federation. After more than 20 years of living under direct Ukrainian rule, the peninsula returned to Russia, which had first established its control over the region in the 1780s.

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Original image via The Week. See also: The History of Crimea.