In May 1944, on the criminal orders of Stalin, in 2 days, more than 200 thousand Crimean Tatars were deported to Central Asia and the Urals, thousands of kilometers from Crimea.
The Sejm of the Republic of Poland approved the Resolution “On preserving the memory of the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatar people,” which states that the deportation of Crimean Tatars from Crimea in 1944 and its consequences was an act of genocide . This was reported by the press service of the Representative Office of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea on Friday, July 12.
The resolution was approved with 414 votes in favor, 16 deputies against, and two others abstaining.
In addition, the resolution mentions the crimes of the Russian Federation committed during the military aggression against Ukraine.
In May 1944, on the criminal orders of Stalin, in 2 days, more than 200 thousand Crimean Tatars were deported to Central Asia and the Urals, thousands of kilometers from their homes, from their native Crimea.
At least 46% of the Crimean Tatar population died on the way to the places of exile and in the first years of deportation. At that time, there was almost no indigenous population left on the peninsula, and the conquerors underwent total Russification, destroying even the smallest mention of Crimean Tatars.
We remind you that on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people, a ceremony was held in memory of the victims of Soviet crimes. On Friday, May 17, in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv, the flag of the Crimean Tatar people with a mourning ribbon was raised and then lowered.
It was previously reported that during Crimea’s occupation of the peninsula, 60 people died on the peninsula due to political repression by the Russian Federation, 28 of whom were Crimean Tatars.
Source: korrespondent
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