On the Issue of the Migration History of Italians of the Crimea. A Study Involving Genetic and Quasi-Genetic Markers
Journal: Sibirskie istoricheskie issledovaniya
Year: 2025

This article presents the results of a comprehensive anthropogenetic analysis of a group of modern “Italians of Crimea,” who are descendants of Italian migrants from the Apennine Peninsula between the late 18th and early 20th centuries. The genetic study is based on the analysis of the prevalence of genotypes and alleles of six autosomal polymorphic genes (PAH, TH01, NOS3, SLC6A3, CCR5 and ACE) in Italians of Crimea. According to the data of five markers, the descendants of Italians are closer t