| Ukraine--Crimea--Russia: Triangle of Conflict UK Edition Contributor(s): Kuzio, Taras (Author) |
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ISBN: 3898217612 ISBN-13: 9783898217613 Publisher: Ibidem Press OUR PRICE: $38.61 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Political Science | World - Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| Dewey: 947 |
| LCCN: 2007423282 |
| Series: Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.69 lbs) 258 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 region that Ukraine, Tatars and Russia have historically claimed. Secondly, it explains why inter-ethnic violence was averted in Ukraine despite Crimea possessing many of the ingredients that existed for Ukraine to follow in the footsteps of inter-ethnic strife in its former Soviet neighbourhood in Moldova (Trans-Dniestr), Azerbaijan (Nagorno Karabakh), Georgia (Abkhazia, South Ossetia), and Russia (Chechnya). |