Re-conceiving territory in Eastern Crimea: the impact of the Italian community on Kerch's urban and rural transformation

This article deals with the impact that Italian migrants, both individually and as a community, had on rural urban environment of Kerch, in Eastern Crimea (Russian Empire), during the1820s 1920s. Occupying strategic position Black Sea for Russia's geopolitics whole European commercial system, this territory's transformation was activated by imperial re-visioning spontaneous foreign immigration. Within context, community's contribution to local an important economic impact, relevant also wider scale. Some these changes would have long-lasting effect but none them ever be officially recognised. The aim is shed light processes.