The Black sea region in 1918: geopolitics and counter-revolution

Abstract

Despite the apparent geographical isolation of the Black Sea, free access to it played and continues to play nowadays an important strategical role as a prerequisite for controlling Eastern and Southern Europe and Asia Minor. For instance, as for Russia, the Crimea has been a base for attacking the neighbouring states since the end of the 18 century. Furthermore, according to Samuel Huntington, Eastern Europe is still a geopolitical and civilization area of rivalry between Western Europe and Russia and the line of confrontation runs through Ukraine and Romania.