Just when it looked like Ukraine was settling down after toppling pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych over the weekend, tension flared again in Crimea, the southern part of the country where support for Russia is strong. Armed men seized regional government buildings in Crimea and hoisted the Russian flag. Rival demonstrators chanted "Crimea is Russia" and "Crimea is not Russia" back and forth at each other. With the peninsula turning into a flashpoint, here are five things you need to know about Crimea. 1. Crimea isn't legally part of Russia now, but it has been in the past. Moscow has had an interest in Crimea for hundreds of years, with its rich farmland and its access to the Black Sea. Russia gave Crimea to Ukraine in 1954, when both Russia and Ukraine were part of the Soviet Union.
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Tensions are running high in Ukraine's Crimea peninsula
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The region has historically been part of Russia, but it's Ukrainian now
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A lot of ethnic Russians live there, but so do Ukrainians and Tatars who are anti-Russian
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Part of the Russian Navy is based in Crimea
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