Who are the Crimean Tatars

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From the report of the Taurida provincial prosecutor to the Minister of Justice, Count V. N. Panin:

As can be seen from the information received, some of the Crimean Tatars in places occupied by the enemy act treacherously, delivering fodder to the hostile camp on their carts, driving there for food flocks of sheep and cattle, abducted forcibly in landlord economies, point out to the enemy the area, indulge in robbery and with an armed hand they oppose our Cossacks. Weapons were found from some Tatars of the Yevpatoriya district.

(Masaev M. V. On the Crimean Tatar population during the Crimean War // Culture of the peoples of the Black Sea region. 2004. No. 52. T.1. P.50)

1855 year

The road was covered in several rows by all kinds of carriages and pedestrians, including ladies, representatives of the best society in Kerch. Fleeing without preliminary preparations, they rushed out of the city in whatever they were. In one dress and in thin shoes, from the unusual speedy walking along the rocky road, women fell exhausted, with swollen and bloody legs. But this is not enough: the traitors Tatars rushed to catch up, robbed, killed, and carried out terrible atrocities against young girls. The Tatars' violence forced the settlers to forget about fatigue and hurry after the troops that provided them from danger.

(Dubrovin N. F. History of the Crimean War and the Defense of Sevastopol. T. III. SPb., 1900. P.176)

1918 year

The massacre begins. In the villages of Kuchuk-Uzen, Alushta, Korbek, B [yuk] -Lambat, Kush, Ulu-Sala and many others, dozens of working Russians, Greeks, etc. are shot and tortured. These days, a whole collection of cut ears, breasts, fingers, etc. was collected in the Alushta hospital. The massacre is suspended only as a result of the counter-offensive of the red detachments.

(Tarkhan I. Tatars and the struggle for the Soviet Crimea // Soviets V. I., Atlas M. L. Simferopol, 1933, p. 16)

From a speech before Kurultay by Jafer Seydamet, May 16, 1918:

There is one great person who personifies Germany, the great genius of the German people … This genius, who embraced the entire high German culture, raised it to extraordinary heights, is none other than the head of Great Germany, Emperor Wilhelm, the creator of the greatest strength and power … Interests of Germany not only do not contradict, but, perhaps, even coincide with the interests of an independent Crimea.

(Zarubin A. G., Zarubin V. G. Without winners. From the history of the civil war in Crimea. Simferopol, 1997. P.105)

1942 year

January 3, 1942 under his (Ohlendorf - I. P.) chaired by the first official ceremonial meeting of the Tatar committee in Simferopol on the occasion of the beginning of recruitment. He welcomed the committee and said that the Fuhrer had accepted the Tatars' offer to come up with arms in defense of their homeland from the Bolsheviks. Tatars, ready to take up arms, will be enrolled in the German Wehrmacht, will be provided for everything and receive a salary on a par with German soldiers.

In response, the chairman of the Tatar committee said the following: “I speak on behalf of the committee and on behalf of all Tatars, being sure that I am expressing their thoughts. One call of the German army is enough and the Tatars, one and all, will fight against the common enemy. We are honored to have the opportunity to fight under the leadership of the Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, the greatest son of the German people. The faith embedded in us gives us the strength to trust the leadership of the German army without hesitation. Our names will later be honored along with the names of those who stood up for the liberation of the oppressed peoples."

After the approval of the general measures, the Tatars asked permission to end this first solemn meeting - the beginning of the struggle against the atheists - according to their custom, with prayer, and repeated the following three prayers for their mullah:

1st prayer: for the achievement of an early victory and a common goal, as well as for the health and long years of the Fuhrer Adolf Hitler.

2nd prayer: for the German people and their valiant army.

3rd prayer: for the soldiers of the German Wehrmacht who fell in battle.

This ended the meeting.

(State security agencies of the USSR in the Great Patriotic War. Vol. 3. Book 1. The crash of the "blitzkrieg". January 1 - June 30, 1942. M., 2003. S. 598-599.)

From the newspaper "Azat Crimea"

March 10, 1942:

Alushta. At a meeting hosted by the Muslim committee, Muslims expressed their gratitude to the Great Fuehrer Adolf Hitler-Effendi for the free life he had given them to the Muslim people. Then they arranged a service for the preservation of life and health for many years to Adolf Hitler Effendi.

In the same issue:

Great Hitler - the liberator of all peoples and religions! 2 thousand Tatars der. Kokkos and the surrounding area gathered for a prayer service … in honor of the German soldiers. We created a prayer for the German war martyrs … The entire Tatar people every minute prays and asks Allah to grant the Germans victory over the whole world. Oh, great leader, we tell you from the bottom of our hearts, from our whole being, believe us! We, Tatars, give our word to fight the herd of Jews and Bolsheviks together with German soldiers in the same row!.. May the Lord thank you, our great Mr. Hitler!

(National policy of Russia: history and modernity. M., 1997. S. 319)

April 10, 1942. From the message to Adolf Hitler, received at the prayer service for more than 500 Muslims in Karasubazar:

Our liberator! Only thanks to you, your help and thanks to the courage and dedication of your troops, we were able to open our houses of prayer and perform prayers in them. Now there is not and cannot be such a force that would separate us from the German people and from you. The Tatar people swore an oath and gave their word, having signed up as volunteers in the ranks of the German troops, hand in hand with your troops to fight against the enemy to the last drop of blood. Your victory is the victory of the entire Muslim world. We pray to God for the health of your troops and ask God to give you, the great liberator of nations, long years of life. You are now the liberator, the leader of the Muslim world - Adolf Hitler Gaza.

(National policy of Russia: history and modernity. M., 1997. S. 319)

Congratulations from the members of the Simferopol Muslim Committee to Hitler on his birthday on April 20, 1942:

Liberator of oppressed peoples, faithful son of the German people, Adolf Hitler

To you, the great leader of the German people, today the liberated Crimean Tatar people turn their gaze from the threshold of the Muslim East and send their heartfelt greetings to your birthday.

We remember our history, we also remember that our peoples extended their helping hands to each other for three decades. The Bolshevik-Jewish pack prevented in 1918 from realizing the unity of our peoples, but with your perspicacity and brilliant mind today you have radically turned the wheel of history, and, to our great joy, today we see our liberators on the fields of Crimea pouring their precious blood for the good and happiness of Muslims of Crimea and the East.

We, Muslims, with the arrival of the valiant sons of Great Germany from the very first days, with your blessing and in memory of our long-term friendship, stood shoulder to shoulder with the German people, took up arms and swore, ready to fight to the last drop of blood for the common human ideas - the destruction of the red Jewish-Bolshevik plague without a trace and to the end.

Our ancestors came from the East, and until now we have been waiting for liberation from there, but today we are witnessing that liberation comes to us from the West. Perhaps for the first and only time in history it happened that the sun of freedom rose in the West. This sun is you, our great friend and leader, with your mighty German people, and you, relying on the inviolability of the great German state, on the unity and might of the German people, bring us, oppressed Muslims, freedom. We have made an oath of allegiance to you to die for you with honor and arms in hand and only in the fight against a common enemy.

We are confident that we will achieve, together with you, the complete liberation of our peoples from the yoke of Bolshevism.

On the day of your glorious anniversary, we send you our hearty greetings and wishes, we wish you many years of fruitful life for the joy of your people, us, the Crimean Muslims and the Muslims of the East.

(Romanko O. V. Muslim legions in the Second World War. M., 2004. S. 300-301)

By order of the State Defense Committee, a little more than 180 thousand people were moved to the Uzbek SSR (Special folder. Communication No. 495 / B dated May 20, 1944).

The document specifically noted that it was seized during the operation "mortars - 49, machine guns - 622, machine guns - 724, rifles - 9.888, cartridges - 326.887".

It was allowed to take "personal belongings, clothing, household equipment, dishes and food" up to 500 kg per family. Each train had a doctor and two nurses with medicines.

The People's Commissariat of Trade was instructed "to provide all trains with special settlers daily with hot food and boiling water." At the same time, food was allocated based on the daily rate per person: bread - 500 grams, meat and fish - 70 grams, cereals - 60 grams, fats - 10 grams.

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Also, during June-August, the special settlers were supplied with food (at the expense of the property they left in Crimea) at the rate of 1 person per month: 8 kg of flour, 8 kg of vegetables and 2 kg of cereals.

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It was indicated "to ensure the provision of personal plots to the arriving special settlers and to provide assistance in the construction of houses with local building materials." The Selkhozbank was obliged to issue to the special settlers "a loan for the construction of houses and for economic establishment of up to 5,000 rubles per family, with an installment plan of up to 7 years."

When, after the liberation of the Crimea from the German invaders by the Red Army, the Tatar population was expelled from the Crimea for aiding the invaders, no one protested. Everyone saw the reprisals of the nationalists against the party and Soviet activists and their families and the desertion of the Crimean Tatars, who shot in the back of the Red Army. And their zeal in the fight against the partisans, both then and now, people understood that together with the families of the traitors, innocent people were also evicted, and they pitied them. But during the bloody war, there was neither time nor opportunity to establish the personal guilt of each. The law of war was in force: the whole people was responsible for the betrayal of a part of the people. It operated both in the USSR and in the United States, where, after the Japanese aggression, all Japanese without exception were evicted from the Pacific coast.

Decades later, the nationalist organizations of the Crimean Tatars are doing everything to consign the crimes of their fellow tribesmen to oblivion, assuring that tens of thousands have suffered because of a few traitors. Documents from German archives confirm the opposite: all combat-ready Crimean Tatars who were in the occupation served on the side of our enemy, which is convincingly evidenced by a section from the certificate of the High Command of the German Ground Forces.