>>14263854Crimea is connected by land to Ukraine
It was therefore solely connected to Ukranian electric grid, Ukraian water pipes, Ukranian gas pipes, roads to Russia went through Ukraine, railway lines went through Ukraine, etc.
From Soviet perspective, Crimea being part of Russia was a Tzarist anachronistic nonsense that just complicates administration for no reason
The idea that Khrushchev did it out of nationalism is completely absurd invention