Today, we commemorate 78 years since the May 18, 1944 mass deportation of the Crimean Tatars from their homeland in Crimea, Ukraine.
It was the ethnic cleansing and cultural genocide of at least 191,044 Crimean Tatars on 18–20 May 1944 carried out by the Soviet government.
Can you even imagine it? They did it just in three days.
Nearly 8,000 Crimean Tatars died during the deportation, while tens of thousands died because of the harsh exile conditions. The Crimean Tatar exile resulted in the abandonment of 80,000 households and 360,000 acres of land.
A lot of Crimean Tatars have returned home after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Today Crimea is occupied again by Russia. A lot of Crimean Tatars are imprisoned and repressed. Again.
There is so much pain in the history of this brave nation.
Ukraine will win and Crimea will return to Crimean Tatars.
Today, we commemorate 78 years since the May 18, 1944 mass deportation of the Crimean Tatars from their homeland in Crimea, Ukraine.
It was the ethnic cleansing and cultural genocide of at least 191,044 Crimean Tatars on 18–20 May 1944 carried out by the Soviet government.
Can you even imagine it? They did it just in three days.
Nearly 8,000 Crimean Tatars died during the deportation, while tens of thousands died because of the harsh exile conditions. The Crimean Tatar exile resulted in the abandonment of 80,000 households and 360,000 acres of land.
A lot of Crimean Tatars have returned home after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Today Crimea is occupied again by Russia. A lot of Crimean Tatars are imprisoned and repressed. Again.
There is so much pain in the history of this brave nation.
Ukraine will win and Crimea will return to Crimean Tatars.
