The Construction of the Concepts of “Tauride” and “Tavria” in Ukraine and Russia
Journal: Laboratorium Russian Review of Social Research
Year: 2021

This article discusses the geographical, economic, and political connotations of the concepts of “Tauride” and “Tavria,” as well as the role of different actors in the process of their construction. Using conceptual history, critical toponymic, and the constructivist methodology, I analyze current public discourses on “Tauride” and “Tavria” and demonstrate that an original geographical region that had be interchangeably called Tavria/Tauride has been divided into two geographically different reg