In 1944, during the Great Patriotic War, Crimean Tatars were forcefully relocated from the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, based on several incidents of involvement of Crimean Tatars in collaborationist squads that fought on Nazi Germany's side and cooperation with occupationist authorities, although international law did not stipulate that an entire ethnic group can bear collective liability for actions of its members. In November 1989, the USSR Supreme Soviet recognized the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 unlawful and criminal. The Crimean Tatars deported during the war started to return to their home region. The relatives of E.Shapchi from Uzbekistan inquire about life in Crimea before deciding on returning to their ancestral territory. Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
- Categories: Human Interest, Lifestyle & Leisure, Social Issues, Unrest, Conflicts & War, Politics, Crime, Law & Justice
- Location: Republic of Crimea, Russia
- Event date: 27.10.1989
- Date published: 27.05.2021
- Author: Valeriy Shustov
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 89-12841, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 5319x3543px, 2.2Mb