Compliant Subjects? How the Crimean Tatars Resist Russian Occupation in Crimea

• Published in: Communist and post-communist studies Vol. 55; no. 1; pp. 76 - 98
• Main Author: Shynkarenko, Mariia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington University of California Press, Journals & Digital Publishing Division 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Annexation; Authoritarianism; Behavior; Collaboration; Displaced persons; Ethnic groups; Ethnography; Etiquette; Humor; Politics; Resistance; State power; Stereotypes; Tactics; Terrorists; Victims; Crimea; Ukraine; Russia

The Crimean Tatars, a Muslim Turkic ethnic group, remain the most oppressed group in Crimea after the 2014 Russian annexation. The Ukrainian public tends to view them as obedient victims forced to accommodate Russian demands, while scholars mainly avoid the issue. My ethnographic fieldwork in Crimea...