The Role of the “Crimean Factor” in Geopolitical Processes of the Black Sea Region

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The role of the “Crimean factor” on geopolitical processes in the Black Sea region is discussed basing on the structural-functional analysis, cross-cultural analysis, and the method of binary oppositions. The study examines the factor of geopolitical pressure from the collective West, the multicultural specificity of the Crimean Peninsula as a factor of geopolitics. The author concludes the high significance of the military-strategic, geo-economic, sociocultural role of Crimea in political processes. The results of the “Crimean Spring” of 2014 largely changed the balance of power in the Northern Black Sea region and served as a new starting point in geopolitical dynamics. At the same time, Crimea may well play an important role in the formation of a new geopolitical ideology of Russia, which is necessary at the current situation.

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Andrey V. Ishin

V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University

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Email: a.ischin@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6513-4198

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Russian History, Institute “Tavricheskaya Academy”

Simferopol, Russian Federation

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