Turning the pages of history, today we stop at 1944, remembering the deportation of indigenous people from the Crimean peninsula.
May 18 is the Remembrance Day of the Crimean Tatar Genocide Victims.
On this day in 1944, the forced deportation of the Crimean Tatars began.
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May 18 is the Remembrance Day of the Crimean Tatar Genocide Victims.
On this day in 1944, the forced deportation of the Crimean Tatars began.
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This is a calamity that has taken human lives and destroyed everything spiritual and cultural having lovingly been grown in #Crimea. The peninsula has become a springboard for persecution, injustice and inhumanity.
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According to official data, 191,044 Crimean Tatars were deported to remote regions of the Soviet Union, from the northern Pre-Urals to the Central Asian republics, and according to the census - 423,100.
We remember! The world needs to know!
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We remember! The world needs to know!
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