The deportation of the Crimean Tatars began at 03:00 on May 18, 1944 and lasted until the beginning of June - Ukrinform.
Despite the fact that representatives of the Crimean Tatar people fought in the ranks of the Red Army and even participated in the guerilla movement, the Soviet State Defense Committee accused them of allegedly mass treason and collaboration with the Third Reich, which became the reason for deportation. Undoubtedly, this was an act of genocide and ethnocide, as evidenced by the accusation of the whole people of treason and the application of the principle of collective responsibility.
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УСІ НОВИНИ УКРАЇНСЬКОЮ ТУТ
ВСЕ НОВОСТИ ПО-РУССКИ ЗДЕСЬ
