"Through the National Lens": Nationality, Territory, and the Formation of "Crimean-Russian" Identity
Journal: KU ScholarWorks (The University of Kansas)
Year: 2012

Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea is a highly contested territory both culturally and politically. With an ethnic Russian majority and a sizeable population of indigenous Crimean Tatars living alongside ethnic Ukrainians within Ukrainian territory, national identities are particularly salient in Crimea. However, a strong sense of Crimean regional identity has also been shown to persist among members of all of Crimea's ethno-national communities. Using survey data collected in the region, I