Representations of the Crimean Tatars in tne Ukrainian Media Discourse: doctoral thesis
Journal: Electronic Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Institutional Repository (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy)
Year: 2015

Doctoral Thesis. Crimea is a unique, ethnically diverse region of Ukraine where the Crimean Tatars,&#13;\n live within compact vicinity among the Slavic majority. In 1944 this ethnic group has&#13;\n undergone deportation by the Soviet regime and since the late 1980s started to return&#13;\n en masse to Crimea. Crimean Tatars constitute 14% of the Crimean population, and&#13;\n they are a politically active ethnic group.&#13;\n Research objectives. Current study seeks to explore the ways in whic