70 years ago, Crimean Tatars were declared an enemy of Soviet power and were thrown out of their houses, where their ancestors lived for centuries “We do not know another country where a person breathes so freely,” Crimean Tatar youth sang, as their generation sang throughout the country. Until I ended up in camps and links. Photo of 1939–1940 /photo: from the author's archive ... April 1944. The Red Army liberates Crimea from the Nazis.

What is now worth waiting for from the Crimean Tatars, said the head of the Mejlis Refat Chubarov The new authorities of Crimea forbade the Crimean Tatars to hold rallies. In addition, judging by the news, they intend to put an end to the history of the Crimean Tatar Majlis* *Majlis is an unofficial ethnic government of the Crimean Tatars. Refat Chubarov, like many Crimean Tatars, was born in Uzbekistan, where his family was exiled in 1944.