Thread by @qirimlia

The first thing russians always did after the occupation of a certain territory was to destroy the culture and language of the local indigenous population.

After the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944, russia tried to erase any mention of them in Crimea. Let’s see how.

In Crimea, 560 rural libraries and 861 school libraries were destroyed and burned.

860 Crimean Tatar schools were closed, as well as many cultural institutions - from village clubs to museums.

Many different manuscripts have also disappeared. Their fate is unknown.

Crimean Tatar books stored in russian libraries were also destroyed. An example of this is "Tavrika", which was the world's largest collection of books, maps, manuscripts.

Crimean Tatar rare, unique books were burned right in the yard of the museum.

In addition to Crimean Tatar schools and libraries, russia liquidated newspapers, theatres, ensembles, publications, and radio in the Crimean Tatar language.

Research institutions for the study of the Crimean language, literature and art were banned.

After the deportation, russia began to rename Crimean Tatar names of cities, villages and streets in Crimea.

As a result of renaming more than 1300 settlements of the Crimea (it is more than 90%) received new names.

Such actions led to the fact that many consider Crimea to be Russian land and many still do not know anything about the indigenous people of Crimea - Crimean Tatars.

So share it so that people know the true history of Crimea.