title: THE HISTORY OF CRIMEA AS A «COMPLICATED PAST»: MEMORIAL CONFLICTS AND DISCUSSIONS IN THE POST-SOVIET PERIOD
abstract: this article examines the concept of «complicated past» in relation to the history of Crimea. Using the example of discussions that took place in scientific and socio-political discourses in the post-Soviet period, the main memorial conflicts and wars of memory that are taking place since 1991 are analyzed. The main points of the Crimean «complicated past», the mechanisms of contradictions arising on its basis and the ways of their possible overcoming are shown. Based on the conducted research, 
journal: Scientific Notes of V I Vernadsky Crimean Federal University Historical science