Consolidation of Territorial Communities under the Conditions of Multi-Ethnicity in the South of Odessa Oblast

Abstract

The ethno-national characteristics are considered to be one of the reasons for blocking the process of voluntary consolidation of the territorial communities in the south of Odessa Oblast. This is because this sub-region is characterized by high multi-ethnicity and ethnically mixed population where the Ukrainians live compactly, as well as Russian, Bulgarian, Moldovan, Gagauz and Albanian national minorities. The domination of the particular ethnic groups is observed not only at the level of the communities, but also at the level of the particular raions (districts).