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Crimean Tatars Mark Anniversary Of Stalin-Era Deportations
In 1944, Russia deported the entire Crimea population of the Tatar people to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Packed into railroad cars and shipped east like animals.
Mass deportations in 1944. Persecutions under the Russian occupation today.....
Related: Human Rights Watch | Crimea: Persecution of Crimean Tatars Intensifies
Crimea: Arrests Aimed at Silencing and Marginalizing Crimean Tatars Should Be Investigated
In 1944, Russia deported the entire Crimea population of the Tatar people to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Packed into railroad cars and shipped east like animals.
5/18/19
SIMFEROPOL -- Dozens of Crimean Tatars have marked the anniversary of the Stalin-era deportations from the Black Sea peninsula, with police warning participants that the event was unauthorized but otherwise not interfering. The May 18 event, held in the peninsula's capital city Simferopol, took place without incident or any reported detentions, even as some participants argued with law enforcement officials. Around 100 people recited prayers at a city park where a small monument stands to the tens of thousands who died during the 1944 deportations. Some participants dressed in traditional garb, while others carried the flag of the Crimean Tatar community. Several elderly survivors recalled their experiences from the deportations. Тhe Black Sea peninsula was annexed by Russia in March 2014. Tens of thousands died during the operation and during the first severe months in Kazakhstan and other remote parts of the Soviet Union. They were only allowed to begin returning to Crimea in the late 1980s.
Mass deportations in 1944. Persecutions under the Russian occupation today.....
Related: Human Rights Watch | Crimea: Persecution of Crimean Tatars Intensifies
Crimea: Arrests Aimed at Silencing and Marginalizing Crimean Tatars Should Be Investigated