Conclusion
After the 1944 deportations , there were few Armenian families left in Crimea as around 10,000 Armenians were deported from the peninsula . Armenians were physically absent from Crimea till 1989 , hence the lack of academic articles with regards to the Crimean Armenians of the Soviet period . In 1989 , the Crimean Armenian Community was legally registered and Armenians in Crimea started to consolidate . Currently , the Crimean Armenian Community is still working in different directions , implementing various initiatives aimed at tackling the issues of the Armenian community in Crimea and preserving their history and national traditions .
The analysis of the 1998 and 2014 Constitutions showed that the ethnic minorities of Crimea , including Armenians , enjoyed basic rights and freedoms ensured at the highest legislative level . In the 2014 Constitution , the laws have been formulated “ with more freedom ” than in the Ukrainian constitution .
Ten interviews conducted with Crimean Armenians revealed a number of dominant themes . One of the issues that Armenians in Crimea are currently facing is the problem of assimilation . Although the efforts of the community are aimed at tackling the issues connected with assimilation by implementing a number of different initiatives such as teaching the Armenian language or celebrating ethnic holidays , the cases of inter-ethnic marriages and the loss of the language are present .
Armenians in Crimea have mostly perceived Crimea as Russian even when they were within Ukraine . It is for this reason that after 2014 , when Crimea became a part of the Russian Federation , the lives of Armenians in Crimea have not been significantly affected . One of the main issues that the Armenians encountered after the 2014 events concerned documentation . The documents they had were in Ukrainian and there was a need to translate them into Russian . There were issues with property registrations as well . Sanctions imposed on Crimea and the absence of international flights made it complicated for Crimean Armenians to travel to Armenia and other destinations .
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