Problems of Crimea’s Integration into the Russian Economic, Legal and Cultural Space after Its Attachment to Russia in 1783
Journal: Manuscript
Year: 2020

The article examines efforts of Catherine the Great and Prince Grigory Potemkin to control and develop the Crimean Peninsula after its attachment to Russia in 1783. The author analyses a set of concrete measures: strengthening the defence potential of the Russian army and navy, resettling people from other regions of Russia and foreign states to Crimea, creating hardware enterprises, building new cities. The emphasis is made on the issue of legitimization of the Russian power and creating the at