Polemics on the Ethno-political Narratives of the Disputed Political and Territorial Affiliation of the Crimean Peninsula

Abstract

The Crimean Peninsula continues to be at the center of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in the post-Soviet space. The relevance of this conflict increased further after the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by the Russian Federation. The Crimean problem is extremely complex and has several dimensions: ethno-political, political & legal, economic, associated with various stages of its formation (prehistory, history, and current state). The article focuses on one of the less-studied aspects of the Crimean challenge, namely the initial stage of the evolution of the problem related to emerging the key prerequisites for the formation of contemporary ethno-political narratives about the political and territorial affiliation of the Crimean Peninsula.