Isthmus of Perekop A map with the Isthmus of Perekop . The Isthmus of Perekop ( Ukrainian : Перекопський перешийок ; translit . Perekops'kyy pereshyyok ; Russian : Перекопский перешеек ; translit . Perekopskiy peresheek Crimean Tatar : Or boyunı ) is the narrow , three- to four-mile-wide strip of land that connects the peninsula of Crimea to the continent . As of 2006 the area was a focus for ongoing territorial and sovereignty disputes between Ukraine and Russia relating to Crimea . Its original name , in Crimean Tatar , is Or .  This Ukrainian geography article is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Categories : Isthmuses | Geography of Crimea | Ukraine geography stubs In other languages : Deutsch | Italiano | Nederlands | Polski | Русский Перекопський перешийок Перекопский перешеек Or boyunı 