According to the Ukrainian census results of 2001 there were 2,024,000 people in the ARC and 377,200 people in the city of Sevastopol . Overall , there were 2,401,200 people in the peninsula 1 . More than 60 % of the populations were Russians ( around 1,450,000 ), 24 % Ukrainians and around 11 % Crimean Tatars ( 576,600 and 259,000 respectively ). The number of Armenians in Crimea was 10,000 ( around 0.4 %) ( State Statistics Committee of Ukraine 2001 ).
Since 2014 , the picture has changed . Republic of Crimea had a population of 2,293,673 of whom 1492078 Russians ( 67.9 %), 344515 Ukrainians ( 15.7 %), 232340 Crimean Tatars ( 10.6 %) and 11030 Armenians ( 0.5 %). As we can see the number of Ukrainians has decreased dramatically which is understandable from the context of the 2014 conflict , while the number of Armenians has slightly increased ( Federal State Statistics Service 2015 ).
According to Article 13 of the 2014 Constitution of the Republic of Crimea , everyone “ is equal before law and the court . The state guarantees equality of human and civil rights and freedoms regardless of gender , race , nationality , language , origin , property and official status , place of residence , attitude to religion , beliefs , membership in public associations , and other circumstances . Any form of restriction of the rights of citizens on the basis of social , racial , national , linguistic or religious affiliation is prohibited ” ( Constitution of the Republic of Crimea 2014 , Article 13 ). Article 19.1 stipulates that “ everyone has the right to determine and indicate his nationality ” and according to the Article 19.2 “ everyone has the right to use his native language , to choose freely the language of communication , education ”, and art . Article 21 specifies that “ everyone is guaranteed freedom of conscience , freedom of religion , including the right to profess , individually or jointly with others , any religion or not to profess any religion at all , to freely choose , have and disseminate religious and other beliefs and to act in accordance with them ” ( Constitution of the Republic of Crimea 2014 , Article 19.1 , Article 19.2 and Article 21 ).
It is apparent that after Crimea went under the control of Russia , the constitution underwent only a slight amendment : the rights of national minorities with regards to language , religion , freedom of conscience etc . have been preserved . Moreover , when Crimea was within Ukraine most of the articles in the constitution had a point about correspondence with Ukrainian laws and regulations while in the case of the 2014 Constitution the situation is different . Correspondence with
1 Further calculations will discuss the national composition of Crimea combining the population figures in Crimea and Sevastopol .
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