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Verkhovna Rada of Crimea

Verkhovna Rada of Crimea or the Supreme Council of Crimea, officially the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea,[a] was the Ukrainian legislative body for the Autonomous Republic of Crimea before the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014.

Not to be confused with State Council of Crimea.

Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
  • Верховна Рада Криму
  • Верховный Совет Крыму
  • Qırım Muhtar Cumhuriyetiniñ Yuqarı Radası
  • Къырым Мухтар Джумхуриетининъ Йукъары Радасы

19 June 1991 (1991-06-19)

15 March 2014 (2014-03-15)

Crimean Regional Council

State Council of Crimea

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2010

The last election of parliament took place on 31 October 2010 (see 2010 Crimean parliamentary election) and was won by the Party of Regions and the Communist Party of Ukraine.


On 27 February 2014, unidentified armed men took over the parliament and hoist the flag of Russia over it. On 15 March 2014 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine officially dissolved the parliament.[1] On 17 March 2014, one day before the Russian annexation of Crimea,[2] a puppet State Council of Crimea was established in place of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea.

Mikhail Kuzmenko (1954–1956)

Ivan Filippov (1956–1959)

(1959–1963)

Vladimir Druzhynin

(1963–1964, industrial)

Vladimir Druzhynin

Nikolai Moiseev (1963–1964, agrarian)

(1964–1965)

Vladimir Druzhynin

Trofim Chemodurov (1966–1979)

Yuri Bakhtin (1979–1985)

Alexander Roshchupkin (1985–1989)

Vitaly Kurashik (1989–1991)

State Council of Crimea