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"Crimea is Ukraine: Documentary Evidence in the Archives of Ukraine" (Collection)

A documentary collection of articles and materials from the round table on February 15, 2019, published in Kyiv by the ADEF-Ukraine Publishing House under the auspices of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, the State Archival Service of Ukraine, and TsDAHO of Ukraine.

Overview

The collection synthesizes materials from the round table "Crimea is Ukraine: Documentary Evidence in the Archives of Ukraine," held in Kyiv on February 15, 2019, on the initiative of the Central State Archives of Civic Organizations of Ukraine (TsDAHO of Ukraine). The publication includes 191 pages of scientific articles, archival selections, information materials, and photo reports highlighting the continuous historical, economic, social, legal, and cultural ties of Crimea with mainland Ukraine from ancient times to the present.

The publication was recommended for printing by the Scientific and Methodological Council of TsDAHO of Ukraine (Minutes No. 2 of May 15, 2019). Editorial board: O. V. Bazhan (head), T. I. Baranova, S. P. Lyaskovska, M. H. Paliyenko, D. V. Chernyshov; compiler: S. I. Vlasenko. Media coverage was provided by the online publication "Censor.NET".

Key Details / Subtopics

• Structure and Key Presentations:
• Round Table Recommendations: propose the systematization of archival searches, the creation of an all-Ukrainian guide of sources on the history of Crimea, and the creation of a "Crimea is Ukraine" section on the websites of state archives.
• Legal and International Dimension (Denys Chernyshov, Tetiana Baranova): the use of documents from the National Archival Fund in international courts (case "Ukraine v. russia (re Crimea)" at the ECHR), the unconditional legal validity of the transfer of Crimea to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954, and the social and legal protection of IDPs by mainland archives.
• Crimean Tatar Factor and Archival Search (Refat Chubarov, Akhtem Chygoz): replenishing Ukrainian archives with copies from foreign archives (Central Asia, surveillance files of deportees), preserving 156 audio cassettes of trial recordings of A. Chygoz, shared history and struggle of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars.
• Information Reintegration (Yuliya Kazdobina): Strategy for Information Reintegration of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol (December 2018), refuting russian propaganda myths.
• 18th-Century Commercial and Economic Etiquette (Oleksandr Ponomarov): Zaporozhian–Crimean trade relations, salt trade, correspondence between the Kosh of the New Zaporozhian Sich and the Crimean Khanate in the sources of the TsDIAK of Ukraine.
• TsDAHO of Ukraine Archival Holdings (Svitlana Vlasenko): Armed Forces of Ukraine and Crimea (1921–1923), Special Purpose Units (CHON), post-war reconstruction, and the role of Ukraine in building Crimea's infrastructure (North Crimean Canal, trolleybus line).
• Repressive Protocols (Anatoliy Khromov): protocols of repressive bodies 1920–1953 (inventory No. 6 of collection No. 6 of HDA SBU).
• Other Archival Collections:
  • "Crimean Studies: Political and Scientific Challenges and Contexts" (Liudmyla Yakubova).
  • "Documents of TsDAVO of Ukraine on the History of Crimea" (Nataliya Hryhorchuk on TsDAVO of Ukraine).
  • "Constitutional Status of Crimean Autonomy: History and Modernity" (Andriy Pyzhyk).
  • "Crimea in Film Documents of TsDKFFA of Ukraine named after H. S. Pshenychnyi" (Vladyslav Berkovskyi on TsDKFFA of Ukraine).
  • "Documents on the History of Crimea in the Holdings of the State Archives of Kyiv Oblast" (Svitlana Kamenyeva and Svitlana Yakobchuk on DAKO).

Sources and Links

• "Crimea is Ukraine: Documentary Evidence in the Archives of Ukraine" (Short Source) — initial materials of the collection.
• "Crimea is Ukraine: Documentary Evidence in the Archives of Ukraine" (Full Source) — full text of the publication (Kyiv, 2019, 191 pp.).
• Central State Archives of Civic Organizations of Ukraine (TsDAHO of Ukraine) — organizer of the round table and publisher of the collection.
• Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine, Kyiv (TsDIAK of Ukraine) — archival sources on the history of Zaporozhian-Crimean relations.
• Crimea is Ukraine (Project) — all-Ukrainian bank of archival materials on Crimea.
• Zaporozhian–Crimean Trade and Economic Relations of the 18th Century — article based on the research of O. Ponomarov in the collection.
• Armed Forces of Ukraine and Crimea (1921–1923) — concept based on the research of S. Vlasenko in the collection.
• Protocols of Repressive Bodies in Crimea 1920–1953 — concept based on the research of A. Khromov in the collection.