title: ETHNOCULTURAL MARKERS AND LINGUISTIC IDENTITY OF THE GERMANS OF THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA
abstract: This article is devoted to the study of the linguistic community of the Germans of the Crimea. The purpose of this article is to analyze German linguistic identity from the point of view of the study of linguistic and cultural markers, namely the history of the ethnic group, issues of religion, culture and the sphere of use of the native language. The study of the linguistic situation in Crimea indicates that the surviving descendants of the Crimean Germans, for the sake of self-preservation, ac