Rethinking of identity under war: Pryazovia renaissance and regional centre ambitions in Mariupol before 2022
Journal: Hungarian Geographical Bulletin
Year: 2022

The article addresses identity transformation in geopolitical fault-line city under a semi-frozen military conflict. Until 2014, the Donbas, a region in the eastern Ukraine, had a strong identity cultivated by the local industrial and financial groups. The Russian-backed military conflict induced rethinking of Donbas identity, giving a chance for revival of silenced regional identities. Our case study is Mariupol, the second most populous city in Donetsk oblast and the informal capital of Pryazo