Shefika Zeitullaeva

Shefika Zeitullaeva's story is one of the many stories about the childhood stolen by the deportation. When she and seven other children from her family were dragged out of the house by the soldiers, they thought they were bei [...]

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Perit Murzametov

The road to exile Perit Murzametov will remember forever. He remembers how men in uniform took away jewels from women, and there was a constant crying in the wagons. These memories still make us cry. In 1944 Perit Murzametov [...]

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Seit-Veli Seitmemetov

Seit-Veli Seitmemetov always wanted to sing. He was prophesied to become a singer. He went to the conservatory to Moscow, although he was in exile and violated the curfew. But after his return from the auditions, he was no lo [...]

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Dzhevair Salieva

On the eve of the deportation Dzhevair's mother was collecting groceries in a bag for her husband who was in prison in Simferopol. In the end, this bag saved Dzhevair's family from starvation on the way to exile. But there wa [...]

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