The referendum on future statehood for Crimea and the city of Sevastopol was held on March 16, 2014. The vast majority, nearly 97% voted for joining Russia. The Russian authorities set an objective of raising the economic levels of Crimea and Sevastopol. Various spheres of Crimean development after the reunification with Russia - in photo gallery by TASS.
One year on from Crimea’s reunification with Russia
The first anniversary of Crimea’s reunification with Russia is marked on March 16
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The first anniversary of Crimea’s reunification with Russia is marked on March 16. Photo: A view of the Swallow's Nest Castle, built on top of Aurora Cliff at the Ai–Todor Cape, Crimea
© ITAR-TASS/Oleg Kuzmin Work to integrate the Crimean Peninsula into Russia’s economic, financial, credit, legal, state power, military conscription and infrastructure systems is actively underway now in Crimea. Photo: Kerch ferry in the port Crimea
© ITAR-TASS/Lev Fedoseev Ruble became the monetary unit of the peninsula after the signing of the federal law on Crimea's reunification with Russia. Photo: Woman with a child Balaklava Inlet, Sevastopol
© ITAR-TASS/Stanislav Krasilnikov Crimean pensioners started to get their pensions, recalculated in accordance with Russian law. Photo: A woman has got her pension in rubles at a post office in Simferopol
© ITAR-TASS/Alexander Ryumin As Ukraine stopped motor and railway service with Crimea, Russia plans to improve transport links with the region. Photo: St. Clement monastery and fortress Calamita in Crimea
© ITAR-TASS/Stanislav Krasilnikov Construction of a new highway from Kerch in Simferopol and Sevastopol is planned this year. Photo: New car license plates with code 82, assigned to the Republic of Crimea
© ITAR-TASS/Alexey Pavlishak Photo: The cable car Miskhor - Ai-Petri in Crimea
© ITAR-TASS/Mikhail Pochuyev Crimea and Sevastopol were included in all Russian programs providing war veterans with housing, and other programs in the housing sector. Photo: Residential area in Balaklava Bay, Crimea
© ITAR-TASS/Stanislav Krasilnikov In May 2014 the reform of the education system was held in Crimea. The republic went to the Russian standards of education
© ITAR-TASS/Alexei Pavlishak Russia plans to create 11 tourism and recreational complexes in Crimea. Photo: People enjoy sunny weather on a beach in the city of Yalta, Crimea
© ITAR-TASS/Mikhail Pochuyev The Russian government will allocate 21 billion roubles for development of the Crimean Artek children’s resort
© Fotokhronika TASS/Alexandr Obukhovskiy and Valeriy Khristoforov Russia plans to revive and develop cinema festivals in Crimea. Photo: Fake town built for the film on the territory of Yalta Film Studio
© ITAR-TASS/Alexander Ryumin About 9 thousand. cultural heritage sites, including more than 5 thousand. archeological sites were on the territory of peninsula at the time of its reunification with Russia. Photo: Rock monastery in Bakhchisaray area
© ITAR-TASS/Stanislav Krasilnikov Russia's special federal program allocates 49 billion roubles for the development of Crimean energy infrastructures. Photo: A worker at the Simferopol thermal power station
© ITAR-TASS/Alexander Ryumin More than 86 billion rubles will be allocated on the development of the Russian fleet. Photo: Russian Black Sea Fleet during a rehearsal of naval parade for the Day of the Russian Navy in Sevastopol.
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