THE RESETTLEMENT OF CHRISTIANS FROM THE CRIMEA IN 1778 AS A FACTOR IN THE FORMATION OF ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS PICTURE OF THE REGION
We investigate some aspects of complex historical events - the relocation of some of the Christian peoples of the Crimea at the end of the XVIII century, and especially the personal involvement in the process of some prominent public figures of the period. The interrelation of the political situation in the region, based on the opposition of the Russian Empire and Turkey for influence in the Crimean Khanate and the Russian authorities adopted decisions. In this connection, we investigated the possible motives beginning of mass resettlement of people showing different assessment in deciding about its feasibility. Noting the particular importance of the resettlement of Christians to change the confessional and ethnic composition of Crimea in the initial period of Russian citizenship.