On May 18, 1944, the tragic deportation of Crimean Tatars was initiated by the Soviet People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD). In result, at least 183,185 people were evicted (up to 240,000 by other estimates) – the majority were transported to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan. According to different data, during 1944-1945 up to 46 percent of those evicted died.
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A Crimean Tatar man crying during a mass rally held on the 60th anniversary of the deportation of Tatars from Crimea on May 18, 2014.
