The Tatars of Crimea : return to the homeland : studies and documents
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The Tatars of Crimea : return to the homeland : studies and documents
（Central Asia book series）
Duke University Press, 1998
2nd ed., rev. and expanded
- : cloth
- : paper
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-369) and index
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Description
This new edition of Edward A. Allworth's The Tatars of Crimea has been extensively updated. Five new chapters examine the situation of Crimean Tatars since the breakup of the USSR in 1991 and detail the continuing struggle of the Tatars to find peace and acceptance in a homeland.
Contributors to this volume-almost half of whom are Tatars-discuss the problematic results of the partial Tatar return to Crimea that began in the 1980s. This incomplete migration has left the group geographically split and has complicated their desire for stability as a people, whether in their own homeland or in the Central Asian diaspora. Those who have returned to the region on the Black Sea in Ukrayina (formerly Ukraine) have found themselves engulfed in a hostile political environment dominated by Russian residents attempting to stifle the resurgence of Crimean Tatar life. Specific essays address the current political situation in and around Crimea, recent elections, and promising developments in the culture, leadership, and movement toward unity among Crimean Tatars.
Beyond demonstrating the problems of one nationality caught in a fierce power struggle, The Tatars of Crimea offers an example of the challenges faced by all nationalities of the former Soviet Union who now contend with deteriorating economic and political conditions, flagrant discrimination against ethnic minorities, and the denial of civil and human rights common in many of the newly independent states.Contributors. Ludmilla Alexeyeva, Edward A. Allworth, Mubeyyin Batu Altan, Nermin Eren, Alan W. Fisher, Riza Gulum, Seyit Ahmet Kirimca, Edward Lazzerini, Peter Reddaway, Ayshe Seytmuratova, Andrew Wilson
Table of Contents
Central Asia Book Series vii
Preface xi
1. Renewing Self-Awareness / Edward A. Allworth 1
I. Forming a Modern Identity 27
2. A Model Leader for Asia, Ismail Gaspirali / Alan W. Fisher 29
3. Ismail Bey Gasprinskii (Gaspirali): The Discourse of Modernism and the Russians / Edward J. Lazzerini 48
4. Symbols: The National Anthem and Patriotic Songs by Three Poets / Seyit Ahmet Kirimca 71
5. Rituals: Artistic, Cultural, and Social Activity / Riza Gulum 84
6. Structures: The Importance of Family-a Personal Memoir / Mubeyyin Batu Altan 99
7. Documents about Forming a Modern Identity 110
II. The Ordeal of Forced Exile 153
8. The Elders of the New National Movement: Recollections / Ayshe Seythmuratova 155
9. Mass Exile, Ethnocide, Group Derogation: Anomaly or Norm in Soviet Nationality Policies? / Edward A. Allworth 180
10. Mustafa Jemiloglu, His Character and Convictions / Ludmilla Alexeyeva 206
11. The Crimean Tatar Drive for Repatriation: Some Comparisons with Other Movements of Dissent in the Soviet Union / Peter Reddaway 226
12. Documents about the Ordeal of Forced Exile 237
III. Returning to Crimea 249
13. The Elusive Homeland / Edward A. Allworth 251
14. Politics in and around Crimea: A Difficult Homecoming / Andrew Wilson 281
15. Crimean Tatar Communities Abroad / Nirmin Eren 323
16. Documents about Returning to Crimea 352
Bibliography of Recent Publications in English about Crimea 361
Notes on the Authors 371
Index 375
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