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The Legacy of Political Violence among Crimean Tatars

Description

A dataset of 427 Crimean Tatars including variables on ancestor victimization, political identities of first-, second- and third-generation respondents, and political attitudes toward Russia's annexation of Crimea (Lupu and Peisakhin 2017).

Usage

tatar

Format

A data frame with 427 rows and 19 columns:

kulak

Whether the first-generation respondent had close relatives subject to dekulakization. 0: no; 1: yes.

prosoviet_pre

Whether the first-generation respondent's close relatives privately supported or opposed Soviet authorities. 1: opposed; 2: indifferent; 3: supported.

religiosity_pre

How important it was for the first-generation respondent's family to follow Islamic customs and traditions while in deportation. 1: not at all important; 2: somewhat important; 3: very important.

land_pre

Whether the first-generation respondent's close relatives owned agricultural land. 0: no; 1: some; 2: a lot.

orchard_pre

Whether the first-generation respondent's close relatives owned orchards. 0: no; 1: yes.

animals_pre

Whether the first-generation respondent's close relatives owned pasture animals. 0: no; 1: some; 2: a lot.

carriage_pre

Whether the first-generation respondent's close relatives owned horse-drawn carriages. 0: no; 1: yes.

otherprop_pre

Whether the first-generation respondent's close relatives owned other substantial property. 0: no; 1: yes.

violence

Whether the first-generation respondent had a family member who died due to poor conditions during the 1944-45 deportation to Crimea. 0: no; 1: yes.

trust_g1

Whether the first-generation respondent trusts Crimean Tatars more than Russians. 1: trusts Crimean Tatars more; 0: indifferent; -1: trusts Russians more.

victim_g1

Whether the first-generation respondent consider them or their close relatives victims of the Soviet political system. 0: no; 1: yes.

fear_g1

Whether the first-generation respondent started to fear concerning their future after the March referendum. 0: no; 1: yes.

trust_g2

The degree to which second-generation respondents trust Crimean Tatars more than Russians, ranging from -1 to 1 (averaged over multiple respondents).

victim_g2

The degree to which second-generation respondents consider them or their close relatives victims of the Soviet political system, ranging from 0 to 1 (averaged over multiple respondents).

fear_g2

The degree to which second-generation respondents started to fear concerning their future after the March referendum, ranging from 0 to 1 (averaged over multiple respondents).

trust_g3

Whether the third-generation respondent trusts Crimean Tatars more than Russians. 1: trusts Crimean Tatars more; 0: indifferent; -1: trusts Russians more.

victim_g3

Whether the third-generation respondent considers them or their close relatives victims of the Soviet political system. 0: no; 1: yes.

fear_g3

Whether the third-generation respondent started to fear concerning their future after the March referendum. 0: no; 1: yes.

annex

Whether the third-generation respondent supports Russia’s annexation of Crimea. 0: no; 1: yes.

References

Lupu, Noam and Leonid Peisakhin. 2017. "The Legacy of Political Violence across Generations.” American Journal of Political Science 61(4):836-851.