Депортация – репатриация – оккупация. Крымские татары в 1944-2017
Deportation – repatriation – occupation. Crimean Tatars from 1944 to 2017

Summary/Abstract: The Crimean Peninsula have been home to many nations for centuries. The author of this article follows the history of the Crimean Tatars since their deportation in 1944, through return to their homeland and all the way to the events of the spring of 2014. The historical background, described in the first part of the article, helps to understand the subsequent political incidents. Social and political status of the Crimean Tatars and their relationships with their neighbours bear marks of the structural violence employed by the Soviets. The main part of the article is devoted to the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in May 1944 and its consequences. The cultural shock sustained by the Tatars had a direct impact on their identity. Their forced displacement has become a near myth in the creation of their national identity and ethnic otherness after their return. In the Russian and Tatar mentality, “Crimean Spring” awoke the old prejudices. In order to understand the events of the spring of 2014, one must know what happened in the spring of 1944. After 70 years, history turned around.

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