Ethnic group belonging to the Crimean peninsula (Ukraine)
In the spring of 2014, something happened that has not happened in Europe after World War II. One country annexes part of another country. In this case, it was Crimea that was annexed by Russia. A carefully planned annexation as a direct result of Putin’s desire to control his Slavic neighbors as he has…
You may remember when Ukraine won the Melodi Grand Prix in 2016? The Crimean Tatar singer Jamala sang the song in 1944. The song was about Joseph Stalin’s ethnic cleansing of the Crimean Tatars. The population that had always lived on the Crimean peninsula. What happened and why? May 18, 1944 a black day…