1991 First session of the Kurultai of the Crimean Tatars
25 years ago, on June 30, 1991, the first session of the Kurultai (parliament) of the Crimean Tatars, which formed the National Majlis of the Crimean Tatars and elected Mustafa Dzhemilev as its chairman, ended in Simferopol for the entire time of the existence of Soviet power. The Mejlis declared the sovereignty of the Crimean Tatars and approved the national anthem and flag, calling on the rest of the inhabitants of the region to join them in building a new Crimea.