Crimean Tatars to Commemorate Victims of Deportation

15.05.2013, 13:48
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Sürgünlik (Crimean Tatar for "exile") refers to the state-organized forcible deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944 to the Uzbek SSR and other parts of the Soviet Union.

Sürgünlik (Crimean Tatar for "exile") refers to the state-organized forcible deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944 to the Uzbek SSR and other parts of the Soviet Union.

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The evening requiem will be held in the Ukrainian Theater in Sevastopol on May 17, 2013, in the framework of the events commemorating the victims of the genocide of Crimean Tatar people. The commemoration will mark the 69th anniversary of the deportation. After that the premiere of the first Crimean Tatar historical feature film, “Haytarma,” will be held.

On May 17 in the evening, the youth will hold the traditional event Light the Fire in One’s Heart in the central square of Sevastopol.

On May 18, 2013, in the morning, the residents of every Crimean Tatar settlement will hold local memorials.

On May 18, 2013 at 12:00, the international action “A Minute of Mourning and Unity” will take place. After that processions will start their march across the streets of Sevastopol (Aqmescit). When all five processions converge at the central square at 1:00 p.m., a commemoration to the victims of the genocide of Crimean Tatar people – the deportation of May 18, 1944, and decades of their forcible keeping in the places of exile – will start.

In conclusion the participants of the memorial ceremony will adopt a resolution on the commemoration of the victims.

It is anticipated that the representatives of the Crimean Tatar diasporas from Turkey, USA, Romania and Russia will attend the commemoration.