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

Crimea is a unique, ethnically diverse region of Ukraine where the Crimean Tatars,&#13;\nlive within compact vicinity among the Slavic majority. In 1944 this ethnic group has&#13;\nundergone deportation by the Soviet regime and since the late 1980s started to return&#13;\nen masse to Crimea. Crimean Tatars constitute 14% of the Crimean population, and&#13;\nthey are a politically active ethnic group.&#13;\nResearch objectives. Current study seeks to explore the ways in which media&#13;\ndiscours