The Annexation of Crimea in Russian Literature of the 18th and 21st Centuries*
Journal: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
Year: 2015

The paper outlines the historical facts of the first annexation of Crimea by Russia in 1783 and discusses the first literary reactions by Gavrila Deržavin and Semen Bobrov from the viewpoint of their representation of the Crimean Tatars. The second part of the paper describes the reactions of contemporary Ukrainian and Russian writers to the second annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014.