Crimean Youth on the Main Institutions of State Power of Ukraine (1991-2014)
The article presents some results of the study of state and political priorities of the Crimean youth between 1991 and 2014. The relevance of the work is determined by the processes of the Crimean youth identification in contemporary conditionsand by the fact that modern Ukrainian ruling elite and a considerable part of the foreign public constantly focuses their attention on the issues of the alleged "annexation of Crimea" by Russia, "violation of human rights in the Crimea", etc. At the same time, the real situation, including the political priorities of the Crimean youth, is not actually considered. The work contains the data received in the course of a long-standing sociological monitoring. They allow determining the vector of social and political priorities of Crimean youth over the period of Crimea inclusion in independent Ukraine in fact. Two basic findings are argued. Crimean youth treat the work of the main state bodies of Ukraine, the President, the Government, the Verkhovna Rada, the Army, traditionally in negative way. It was caused by a number of reasons and first of all it is probable by the fact that Ukrainian authorities mainly ignore the interests of Crimean population and youth as well conducting regional policy. Received data also proved the postulate that active participation of Crimean youth in the process of Crimea reunification with Russia is not occasional but the manifestation of stable world outlook positions and respective political principles. The results of the study show that the initiatives directed to reunite with Russia were supported by the Crimean youth everywhere.