Davit Aghabekyan
vol. X(2)
Pages 24-42
https://doi.org/10.52837/25792970-2021-10.2-24
Abstract: The following research tries to understand how the lives of the Crimean
Armenians were impacted after the collapse of the Soviet Union. After briefly
discussing the Crimean Armenian communities in the Soviet Period, the article
mainly focuses on the social and political issues that Armenians of Crimea have
faced during the post-Soviet period. There are two research questions: 1. What key
problems have the Crimean Armenians encountered during the post-Soviet
transformational period? 2. How did the 2014 events impact the Crimean
Armenians? With the help of content analysis and interviews, the research looks
into these and a set of other relevant questions. The main findings are that Crimean
Armenians have mostly perceived the peninsula to be more Russian than Ukrainian,
that is why their lives were not dramatically affected after Crimea came under the
control of Russia, apart from some issues concerning traveling and visas,
documentation and social protection.
Keywords: Crimea, Armenian diaspora, Ukraine, Russia, Identity politics
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