The Italian community during the Civil War in Southern Russia
Journal: Voprosy kul turologii (Issues of Cultural Studies)
Year: 2025

This article analyzes the impact of the revolutionary events in Russia in the period 1917–1922 on the lives of Italians living in Russia, in particular in Crimea, who were the genetic descendants of emigrants of several generations who radically changed their place of residence during the late XVIII — XIX centuries. Most of them migrated from Italy in the hope of getting rid of the need for the coastal strip of the Northern Black Sea region. The article examines the genesis of emigration over se