CRIMEA JOINING UKRSSR IN 1954
World War II moved away from Crimea in spring 1944. Till that period the peninsula economy had suffered a lot of damage since the frontlines had been there twice. The war consequences in Crimea and other regions of Ukraine, Belorussia and Russia did not differ greatly. They had not managed to achieve the prewar level of production. However, in Crimea the economic crisis was still worsened due to the Crimean Tatars deportation in 1944. The total number of the people taken away from Crimea was about 300,000. The relocation of the Russians to the Crimea did not bring positive results. The relocated people experienced difficulties adapting to the steppe and mountain terrain. It was still difficult was for them to adapt to specific agrarian culture in Crimea. The
