during the second world war the heroic defense of sevastopol lasted almost a year and took hundreds of thousands of lives. therefore the naval base in crimea has a legacy of historical pride for the russian black sea fleet as well as being of huge strategic importance. those of us alive back then remember when there were soviet missiles put into cuba how frightened americans were and how angry and how we almost went to a nuclear confrontation over having weapons of that kind of destruction placed that close to the united states. just fifty united states considers cuba to be in its backyard. then crimea lays at russia's doorstep. the consequences of a u.s. seizure of the face or a nato base which internationally. but almost some of us india was and wasn't enjoying his initial plot which to you had taught me to an audience what you mean with that. was three and zero unless you are showing us not just but with practical putting it into shape. opinion is. so slow to cinematic users into the support there was no willingness that ended up with the old me the only leader on that has got to sh

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hundred sixteen nicholas the second then his family went to crimea and attended a naval parade in sevastopol before going to yes. it was the last time the royal family visited that peninsula. and you can also take part in bringing the history of the romanovs back to life we've launched a competition to find the best digitally colorized versions of their old pics. choose one of the black and white house romanov family snaps from the website and upload it on twitter instagram or facebook using the hash tag one hundred and for example behind me you can see some examples of the kind of digital colorization we have in mind when is to be chosen in july details online. just about wraps up the program for this hour here on r.t. international though we are back soon with more. than twenty four you know bloody revolution to the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be freezing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it just below here. is. spilling into the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty four. those who took part in this today ove