The Crisis in Ukraine and the Split of Identity in the Russian-speaking World
Journal: FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic East European and Eurasian Folklore Association
Year: 2016

The events of 2014 in Ukraine triggered a wave of discussions and narratives rewriting history and reexamining allegiances and cultural affinities. Material for the study was drawn from Facebook, blogs and internet discussion forums, folk humor disseminated online, personal correspondence and participant observation. This essay discusses how opinions are formed in the diaspora and how they are affected by different sources of information. The attitude to events in Ukraine has turned into a litmu