Timeline of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation March 3 after the announcement of partial military mobilization in Ukraine and is believed to have been abducted. He was found dead with signs of torture; his hands were handcuffed and his head was covered in duct tape. The Treaty on Accession of the Republic of Crimea to Russia is signed, formally joining the self-declared independent Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation as two federal subjects - the Republic of Crimea and the federal city of Sevastopol. One Ukrainian soldier and one pro-Russian soldier were killed in the Simferopol Incident. Crimean Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Temirgaliyev said in an
Crimea Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine Oblast (1945–1954) of the Russian SFSR. Crimea Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine The Crimea Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine, commonly referred to as the Crimea CPU obkom, was the position of highest authority in the Crimean Oblast (1954–1991) of the Ukrainian SSR (from February 19, 1954). The position was created on November 20, 1920, and abolished on August 26, 1991. The First Secretary was a de facto appointed position usually by the Central Committee the Communist Party of Ukraine or the First Secretary of the Republic. Before 1954 the regional committee was part of