Den 26. februar 1992 omdøbte Krims Verkhovna Rada (Krims parlament) oblasten Krim til ASSR Republikken Krim og proklamerede selvstyre den 5. maj 1992,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=1359-7566&volume=12&issue=2&spage=65 |title= Catching up with 'Europe'? Constitutional Debates on the Territorial-Administrative Model in Independent Ukraine |access-date=16. december 2006 |author= |last=Wolczuk |first=Kataryna |date=31. august 2004 |work=Taylor & Francis Group }}<br>{{cite web|url=http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/157181104322784826 |title= The Crimea Conundrum: The Tug of War Between Russia and Ukraine on the Questions of Autonomy and Self-Determination |author= |last=Wydra |first=Doris |date=11. november 2004 |work= }}</ref><ref name="Constitution of Crimea ref2">[http://books.google.com/books?id=NI1G_9j1AhcC&pg=PA540&dq=January+12,+1999+Constitution+of+Crimea&hl=nl&sa=X&ei=c0xUUYrfCcLaOZj_geAF&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=January%2012%2C%201999%20Constitution%20of%20Crimea&f=false Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2004], [[Routledge]], 2003, {{ISBN|1-85743-187-1}} (page 540)</ref><ref name="5 May 1992 in Crimea">[http://books.google.com/books?id=i1C2MHgujb4C&pg=PA194&dq=26+February+1992++Crimean+constitution&hl=nl&sa=X&ei=b1RUUaWcMMGxPPibgagD&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=26%20February%201992%20%20Crimean%20constitution&f=false Russians in the Former Soviet Republics] by [[Pål Kolstø]], [[Indiana University Press]], 1995, {{ISBN|0-253-32917-5}} (page 194)</ref> og vedtog Krims første forfatning samme dag.<ref name="5 May 1992 in Crimea"/> Den 6. maj 1992 indsatte parlamentet en sætning i forfatningen, der erklærede, at Krim var en del af Ukraine.<ref name="5 May 1992 in Crimea"/>, dog blev der i Krims parlament stemt for, at Krim skulle være uafhængigt af Ukraine, men efter pres fra Ukraine blev der ikke afholdt folkeafstemning.
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