peoples , there were some issues about which the bulk of the population did not know , did not face them ”. The Armenian population of Crimea started to consolidate in 1989 . “ In 1989 , the first national cultural society was registered after being allowed to , the Armenian community was registered . And the activity , the impulse to this was given , first of all , by the earthquake of 1988 ”. At that time the few Armenians in Crimea united and created the community : “ After the earthquake , after the events of Baku 2 , and because of economic hardships in Armenia , waves of Armenians started to arrive in Crimea and according to the results of 2014 they almost restored the number of Armenians that were in Crimea before the deportation ”.
Assimilation
Another important piece of information garnered from the interviews was with regards to the Armenian language , its usage in the community and the issue of assimilation . Almost all of the interviewees stated , that despite the efforts of the community to teach Armenian both in church-affiliated Sunday schools and private schools , not many of the young population speak Armenian fluently . The children who are born in the families where they do not speak Armenian , do not speak the language . Even some people who were born in Armenia but moved to Crimea at an early age start to speak less and less in Armenian . Interviewees have mentioned that they have witnessed assimilation . As one of the interviewees noted , “ Without the linguistic environment , the language is forgotten and it is impossible to learn it . Let me bring an example of the 2014 census results . The analysis showed that 40 percent of the young girls and 60 percent of the young boys enter into inter-ethnic marriages . This means that we face very rapid assimilation ”.
Another interviewee also commented on the issue of mixed marriages . He added that “ mixed marriages are not a novelty for the Armenian diaspora , but the issue is that , in Crimea , it is surprising how many new families are formed between Armenians and Crimean Tatars . It is a huge problem . They have an absolutely different way of thinking . Moreover , Crimean Tatars are people who are extremely loyal to Turkey despite its aggressive stance on Crimea . It seems like people don ’ t have historical memory ”.
On the other hand , the Crimean Armenian community is trying to implement initiatives in order to stop the assimilation and revive the Armenian language
2 Pogroms against the Armenian population of Baku which took place in 1990 .
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