Sürgün

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Sürgün is the Crimean Tatar term for the 1944 mass deportation of Crimean Tatars by Soviet authorities, a defining trauma in the community’s modern history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against humanity ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
mass deportation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs deportation of the Crimean Tatars ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Crimean Tatars ⓘ
characterizedAs collective punishment ⓘ
commemoratedOn May 18 ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
date 1944-05-18 ⓘ
deathTollEstimate between 20% and 46% of deported population ⓘ
tens of thousands ⓘ
deportedTo Kazakh SSR ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
Siberia ⓘ
Ural region ⓘ
Uzbek SSR ⓘ
effect ban on return to Crimea for decades ⓘ
destruction of Crimean Tatar communities in Crimea ⓘ
ethnic cleansing of Crimean Tatars from Crimea ⓘ
long-term exile of Crimean Tatars ⓘ
loss of property and land ⓘ
suppression of Crimean Tatar culture ⓘ
endDate 1944-05-20 ⓘ
followedBy Crimean Tatar return movement after late 1980s ⓘ
hasSignificance central trauma in modern Crimean Tatar history ⓘ
key element of Crimean Tatar national identity ⓘ
languageOfTerm Crimean Tatar ⓘ
legalStatus recognized as genocide by Ukraine ⓘ
recognized as genocide by several parliaments and bodies ⓘ
location Crimea ⓘ
nameInLanguage Crimean Tatar ⓘ
numberOfPeopleAffected approximately 200000 Crimean Tatars ⓘ
over 180000 Crimean Tatars ⓘ
opposedBy Crimean Tatar national movement ⓘ
orderedBy Joseph Stalin ⓘ
partOf Soviet ethnic deportations ⓘ
Stalinist deportations ⓘ
perpetrator NKVD ⓘ
Soviet authorities ⓘ
linked to: Soviet government
reasonGivenByAuthorities alleged collaboration with Nazi Germany ⓘ
refersTo deportation of Crimean Tatars ⓘ
startDate 1944-05-18 ⓘ
timePeriod Stalin era ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
transportMethod cattle cars ⓘ
freight trains ⓘ
usedIn Crimean Tatar collective memory ⓘ
Crimean Tatar historiography ⓘ

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