Decree by the Ukrainian SSR (here abbreviated USSR) approving of the transfer of Crimea to Ukraine.
February 5, 1954
Decree of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Council of Ministers, 'Concerning the Transfer of the Crimean Oblast' from the RSFSR to the UkSSR'
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Постановление Совета Министров РСФСР «О передаче Крымской области из состава РСФСР в состав УССР»
5 февраля 1954 г.
N156
г. Москва
Учитывая территориальное тяготение Крымской области к Украинской ССР, общность экономики и тесные хозяйственные и культурные связи между Крымской областью и Украинской ССР, Совет Министров РСФСР постановляет:
Считать целесообразным передать Крымскую область из состава РСФСР в состав УССР.
Просить Президиум Верховного Совета РСФСР рассмотреть вопрос о передаче Крымской области в состав УССР и войти в Президиум Верховного Совета СССР с соответствующим постановлением.
Председатель Совета Министров РСФСР А. Пузанов
Управляющий делами Совета Министров РСФСР И. Груздев
ЦГА РСФСР. Ф259. 0п.1. Д.645. Л.159. Подлинник.
Decree of the RSFSR Council of Ministers
"Concerning the Transfer of the Crimean
Oblast' from the RSFSR [Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]
to the UkSSR [Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ]"
5 February 1954
Nº 156
Moscow
Considering the territorial inclination of the Crimean Oblast' toward the Ukrainian SSR, the commonality of the economy, and close economic and cultural ties between the Crimean Oblast' and the Ukrainian SSR, the RSFSR Council of Ministers decrees: consider it advisable to transfer the Crimean Oblast' from the RSFSR to the UkSSR [Translator's note: UkSSR is a transliteration of the Russian abbreviation for the Ukrainian SSR].
Request the Presidium of the RSFSR Supreme Soviet to consider the issue of a transfer of the Crimean Oblast' to the UkSSR and go to the Presidium USSR of the USSR Supreme Soviet with an appropriate decree.
Chairman of the RSFSR Council of Ministers A. Puzanov
Administrator of Affairs of the RSFSR Council of Ministers I. Gruzdev
Decree announcing the transfer of Crimea from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic (here abbreviated USSR).
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TsGA RSFSR [GARF]. F.259. Op.1. D.645. L.159. Published in "Istoricheskii arkhiv" (1992). Translated for CWIHP by Gary Goldberg.
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