Traditional Ethnic and Cultural Markers of Crimean Germans

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10.2991/essd-19.2019.112How to use a DOI?

Keywords

ethnic markers, ethnic minorities of Crimea, Germans of Crimea, German language in Crimea

Abstract

The paper presents an overview of the traditional markers of the German ethnic population in Crimea that came to the peninsula in the 1800s, was forced to emigrate in 1941 and has been partially coming back since 1991. The aim is to describe the potentially relevant markers distinguishing the German population from other ethnicities of the Crimea. Methods: A review of the literary sources available in the scientific library of I. Franko and the library of the Crimean Federal University is conducted. Results: the traditional ethnic and cultural markers of Crimean Germans include German language, the influence of Protestantism and Catholicism, an authentic lifestyle, progressive housekeeping, densely populated communities settling predominantly in the rural areas near the first colonies; successfully conducted trade, craft and socio-cultural activity in the urban areas. The alteration of the above mentioned markers was strongly influenced by the historical events.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - N.M. Evstafieva
AU  - E.V. Likhachev
AU  - O.N. Obukhova
AU  - J. V. Berezina
AU  - A.D. Petrenko
AU  - I.A. Andrushchenko
PY  - 2019/07
DA  - 2019/07
TI  - Traditional Ethnic and Cultural Markers of Crimean Germans
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education Science and Social Development (ESSD 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 510
EP  - 513
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/essd-19.2019.112
DO  - 10.2991/essd-19.2019.112
ID  - Evstafieva2019/07
ER  -