Nariman Abdurakhmanov

75 years old

Before deportation his family lived in the village of Kadikoy, Balaklava district.

On May 18, 1944, Nariman’s mother, in the last stages of pregnancy, was awakened at 4 a.m by NKVD troops. With only a few minutes to gather some belongings, the family was brought to the Syuren trains station in Bakhchysaray district. Nariman was born in a freight train on the way to Samarkand.

After his return to Crimea in 1975, Nariman has organized annual reunions of former residents of his native village. He lives not far from Simferopol.