Abstract

The present article is the category of the Ukrainian-Russian border area with particular attention to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. It is important to show the border in different contexts and facts. In the first part of the article reference is made to the events that unfolded on the territory of Ukraine at the end of 2013 and the first months of 2014. These events clearly show that the South East of Ukraine is not a monolith. Otherwise society works Crimea, Donbass otherwise, and even otherwise Odessa and Kharkov. In the second part of the article author outlines the history of the Crimean Tatars ethnos, which proved to be indispensable to show that the people belonging to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Reference was made also to the current situation of the Crimean Tatars. In the third part analyzed the Ukrainian-Russian border. Mainly characterized the maritime border, which is an important part between Russia and Ukraine. Describes in detail the essence of the dispute between the Russian Federation and Ukraine on the island of Tuzla.