DEPORTATION OF CRIMEAN TATARS DEDICATED
Opening the “round table”, the Institute director, doctor of political sciences Rovshan Mustafayev said that by decision of the USSR State Defense Committee the whole Tatar (Turkic) nation was called assassins and military criminals and was exiled in a day to the Central Asia and the Urals. Anastas Mikoyan and archbishop of Armenia Gevork Chorekchiyan initiated this bloody project. The project implying the exile of all the Turkic nations residing around the Black See and South Caucasus was prepared by the international terrorist organization “Dashnaksutun” in 1937-1938. It was once more proved by exile of Azerbaijanis from the Western Azerbaijan.
The participants heard the report “Deportation of Crimean Tatars” by candidate of historical sciences Gulnar Huseynova and report “Struggle of Crimean Tatars to Return Home” by historian of the Baku secondary school No.15 Evelina Tagizadeh, etc.
The Tsarist Russia and Soviet Empire pursued a colonial policy against the Crimean Tatars for 150 years. Over 300 thousand forcibly displaced people (46 percent) died on the way and in strange lands. Despite all the hardship, the Crimean Tatars struggled to return home. Although, in its decree “On Tatar Nationals” the USSR Presidium of the Supreme Soviet nominally declared their equality soviet passport regime did not let them live in their homelands. Only in late 80s last century, Tatars started returning home in large scale. However, following the breakup of the USSR this process stopped. Today, some of the Crimean Tatars reside in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, Krasnodar and Stavropol krais of the Russian Federation. People who returned to Crimea became citizens of Ukraine. Despite the restoration of the autonomy, it is the part of Ukraine. The population of Crimea is 2,5 million and about 400 thousand of them are Tatars. Tatar Majlis functions today in Crimea that deals with humanitarian and cultural issues.
Round table participants initiated to found the Institute of Genocide and Museum in Baku and erect a memorial monument. It was decided that Human Rights Institute would present this initiative to the President of Azerbaijan.
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