Imperial Shores: Making Crimea a Soviet Dreamland

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Abstract

Iuliia Skubytska’s presentation examines the Soviet reimagining of Crimea as a key leisure space, transforming it into both a controlled tourist destination and a site of ideological projection. Her paper explores how Soviet policies and narratives framed Crimea within a larger Russian imperial tradition, a perception that remains potent in contemporary politics.

Author

• Iuliia Skubytska, ZZF Potsdam