TY - JOUR
TI - In the Shadow of Simferopol’s Parks: Crimean Tatars’ Return to Their Homeland in the Late 1960s
AU - Kisly, Martin-Oleksandr
TI - In the Shadow of Simferopol’s Parks: Crimean Tatars’ Return to Their Homeland in the Late 1960s
AB - The purpose of this study is to highlight the return of the Crimean Tatars to their homeland in the late 1960s and their struggle for the right to reside in Crimea. The paper examines the Crimean Tatars’ visits to Soviet and party authorities in Simferopol, the administrative center of the Crimean region, protest demonstrations, and squatting in public squares and parks. The main goal of the study is to shed light on an underexplored chapter in the history of the Crimean Tatars’ return, which took place after the signing of the Decree of 5 IX 1967, issued by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. This article seeks to reconstruct their struggle for the right to return to Crimea in the face of Soviet authorities resistance, using an urban history perspective focused on Simferopol, particularly its central part.
VL - 2024
IS - Volume 18
PY - 2024
SN - 2082-7695
C1 - 2720-0825
SP - 33
EP - 47
DO - 10.4467/20827695WSC.24.004.20619
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/wschodnioznawstwo/article/in-the-shadow-of-simferopols-parks-crimean-tatars-return-to-their-homeland-in-the-late-1960s
KW - Crimea
KW - Crimean Tatars
KW - Simferopol
KW - urban space
KW - return
KW - protest