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Hall is a space in a building, that functions as a link. It connects the living area with the space designated for animals. It is here, where two different environments meet, that to some extent function together on daily bases. But it is exactly the hall, where a specific connection is taking place. Scents come into contact here, they cross throughout hall from one part to another. Man must cover the distance of a hallway in order to enter the utility room, as well as an animal must run across the hall to get inside the homestead. That kind of metaphor of a hall can be transferred to the idea of a borderland. Borderland can be seen precisely as that sort of a hall, where cultures encounter each other, exchange experiences and get back to their own realities.
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the proclamation of the independence of Ukraine, the Crimean Tatars began mass return to Crimea from Central Asia. After the deportation of the Crimean Tatars from the Crimea, the Soviets destroyed all that was associated with the Crimean Tatars – place names, culture, traditions, architectural monuments etc. Despite the political and domestic turmoil in the early 90’s, Crimean Tatars started on their own revival of his own culture, language and traditions and achieved a great success.
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