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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463974003321

Autore

Kuzio Taras

Titolo

Ukraine-Crimea-Russia : triangle of conflict / / Taras Kuzio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stuttgart, Germany : , : Ibidem Verlag, , 2012

ISBN

3-8382-5761-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society, , 1614-3515 ; ; 47

Disciplina

947.71

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Crimea (Ukraine) Ethnic relations

Ukraine Foreign relations Russia (Federation)

Russia (Federation) Foreign relations Ukraine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

The Crimea was the only region of Ukraine in the 1990s where separatism arose and inter-ethnic conflict potentially could have taken place between the Ukrainian central government, ethnic Russians in the Crimea, and Crimean Tatars. Such a conflict would have inevitably drawn in Russia and Turkey. Russia had large numbers of troops in the Crimea within the former Soviet Black Sea Fleet. Ukraine also was a nuclear military power until 1996. This book analyses two inter-related issues. Firstly, it answers the question why Ukraine-Crimea-Russia traditionally have been a triangle of conflict over a