Modern views and legacy Deportation of the Crimean Tatars

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an event commemorating victims of crimean tatar deportation in kiev in 2016


the un reported on 10,000 people left crimea after annexation in 2014, crimean tatars, caused further decline of fragile community. crimean tatars stated several reasons departure, among them insecurity, fear, , intimidation new russian authorities. in 2015 report, office of united nations high commissioner human rights warned various human rights violations recorded in crimea, including prevention of crimean tatars marking 71st anniversary of deportation. dzhemilev, in turkey during annexation, banned entering crimea 5 years russian authorities, marking second time evicted native land.


modern interpretations scholars , historians classify mass deportation of civilians crime against humanity, ethnic cleansing, depopulation, act of stalinist repression or ethnocide , meaning deliberate wiping out of identity , culture of nation. crimean tatars call event sürgünlik ( exile ).


some activists, politicians, , historians go further , consider deportation crime of genocide. soviet dissidents ilya gabay , pyotr grigorenko both classified event genocide. on 12 december 2015, ukrainian parliament issued resolution recognizing event genocide , established 18 may day of remembrance victims of crimean tatar genocide. academics disagree classification of deportation genocide; professor alexander statiev argues stalin s administration did not have conscious genocidal intent exterminate various deported peoples, soviet political culture, poor planning, haste, , wartime shortages responsible genocidal death rate among them. rather considers these deportations example of soviet assimilation of unwanted nations. according professor amir weiner, ...it territorial identity , not physical existence or distinct ethnic identity regime sought eradicate. according professor francine hirsch, although soviet regime practiced politics of discrimination , exclusion, did not practice contemporaries thought of racial politics. her, these mass deportations based on concept nationalities sociohistorical groups shared consciousness , not racial-biological groups .


in popular culture

jamala dedicated song 1944 deported crimean tatars.


in 2008, lily hyde, british journalist living in ukraine, published novel titled dreamland revolves around crimean tatar family returning homeland in 1990s. story told perspective of 12-year-old girl moves demolished village parents, brother, , grandfather uzbekistan. grandfather tells stories heroes , victims among crimean tatars.


the 2013 ukrainian crimean tatar-language film haytarma portrays crimean tatar test pilot , hero of soviet union amet-khan sultan against background of 1944 deportations.


in 2015 christina paschyn released documentary film struggle home: crimean tatars in ukrainian–qatari co-production. depicts last centuries of peoples, 1783 until 2014, special emphasis on 1944 mass deportation.


during 2016 eurovision song contest, ukrainian crimean tatar singer jamala performed song 1944 refers deportation of crimean tatars in year. jamala, herself born in exile in kyrgistan, dedicated song deported great-grandmother. became first crimean tatar perform @ eurovision song contest, won representing ukraine.








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