Occupation or annexation of Crimea? (based on Ukrainian encyclopedias)
Journal: Entsykpopedychnyi Visnyk Ukrainy [The Encyclopedia Herald of Ukraine]
Year: 2022

In this article, Ukrainian encyclopedias are studied in order to show how they describe the capture of Crimea by the Russian Federation. The authors focus on terms describing the act of aggression of the RF against the Ukrainian peninsula, such as “annexation” and “occupation”. The fact is that there is still no terminological clarity among scholars, therefore, it is not easy to interpret both the events of spring 2014 and the political and legal consequences of these events. The fact is also th