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Crimean Tatars in the Republic of Crimea, Russian Federation
• 76 years ago, Crimean Tatars suffered from repressions and survived the forced expulsion from their homeland, like many other peoples at that tragic time
1 • 76 years ago Crimean Tatars suffered from repressions and survived a forced expulsion from their homeland
- As the Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov said, “this memorable date unites all Crimeans regardless of nationality”
2 On March 18, mourning events were held in Crimea, dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Crimean Tatars Deportation
On 18 May, a memorial service was held on the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatar People in the Central Mosque of Simferopol
3 Justice triumphed only decades later and in fully became possible thanks to the reunification of Crimea with Russia
In December 2019, the Council on Interethnic and Interfaith Relations was established under the Head of the Republic of Crimea
4 -•• Measures of socio‐economic -11 -11 support of the Crimean Tatars ii ii are being implemented, II II including the construction of -- apartment buildings -II -II -II -II
5 • “Crimeans are proud of the KpbtM'lane ropAJITCR npocTOpaMH u Kpacoroil vastness and beauty of their csoeil PoAHHbl. EcTh ua KpbtMCKoil 1eM11e rop1,1, neca H CTenu, MOpR, peKH H 03epa. homeland. There are lioraTa 3eMJIR uelj>Thto, npHpOAHblM fa30M, yrneM H mountains, forests and APYfHMH no11e1u1,1Mu ucKonaeMLIMH. Ho caMoe steppes, seas, rivers and lakes 60111,moe 6oraTCTBO CYpaHbl - 3TO ee uapOA- KpbIM scerAa 61,111 MHOfOHa(\HOHaJibHblM. on Crimean land. The earth is 3ro rep6 Kp1,1Ma. Ha neM uanucau AeBH3: rich in oil, natural gas, coal «IlpO(\BeTanue B eAHHCTBe» and other minerals. But the CaMoe rnaBHOe - C03HaTenbHO BblnonH!ITb rpe6oeaHH• KoHCTHyYU,HH country's greatest wealth is its "He coeepwaTb npOTHBOnpaBHblX people. Crimea has always been multinational
This is the coat of arms of Crimea. The motto written on it: "Prosperity in Unity"
Linguistic equality is ensured on the peninsula. The Crimean Tatar language is recognized in the Crimean Constitution of 2014 as the state language of the Republic, along with Russian and Ukrainian
7 Crimean leadership takes part in the opening of the so‐ called school of four presidents
• Four Ukrainian presidents promised to build this school, but it was built only after reunion of Crimea with Russian Federation
Grand opening of the school of so‐ called four presidents
8 “School of four presidents”
Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University is one of the symbols of interethnic harmony in Crimea
• 6 thousand students study there. • 60% of them are Crimean Tatars.
9 In the capital of the Republic of Crimea ‐ Simferopol ‐ the "House of Friendship of Peoples" continues its work
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Crimean Tatar TV channel Millet IIIJlJlE
Since 2019, the Crimean Tatar content has been steadily increasing on the Millet TV channel
10 Crimean Tatar Radio Vatan‐Sedasi
There is a program for study of the Crimean Tatar language
Significant work is being done by the I. Gasprinsky Media Center, which is the main platform for supporting national print media MeAMa'-'eHTP VIM. l/1. racnpVIHCKOro
11 Some examples of the activities of Media Center named after I. Gasprinsky
Books in national languages, published by the Media Centre
12 Books are published on various topics, including music and poetry in the mother tongue
The Media Center named after I. Gasprinsky also hosts various national events
13 Restoration work is being carried out in the Bakhchisaray historical‐ cultural and archaeological museum‐reserve
With the support of the Crimean authorities, Crimean Tatar national holidays and festivals are regularly held, for example, the famous “Khidirlez”
14 Khidirlez 2019
15 This year, the 100th anniversary of the twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Test Pilot of the USSR Crimean Tatar Amet Khan Sultan is widely celebrated.
16 • In Simferopol, the construction of a cathedral mosque for 4 thousand people and the building of the muftiate are nearing completion
In total, more than 300 mosques and prayer houses function in the Crimea
As the deputy Mufti of the Muslims of Crimea, Haji Esadullah Bairov, noted during the HDIM in September 2019, “Muslims and guests of Crimea visit them freely”
17 08:07 On 16 May, the distinguished US Ambassador, J.S. Gilmore III, posted on his Twitter account a photograph of Nazi deportation of Polish Jews from the Łódź Ghetto to the Chełmno extermination camp, posing as an illustration of On May 18, 1944, #Stalin deported the expulsion of Crimean Tatars. Six‐pointed nearly 200K Tatars from #Crimea, and we recall the victims of this stars sewn onto the clothes of victims are clearly act of brutality. 76 years later, visible in the photo #Russia's severe repression of opponents of its occupation has forced tens of thousands of
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