Crimean Tatars - the 5 minute guide

[@FredoRockwell]

PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to the UKRAINE IN FOCUS newsletter from the Spectator, written by Ukrainian journalist Svitlana Morenets. www.spectator.co.uk/ukraine/ (it's FREE) If you're like me, you're probably following events in Ukraine closely, but mostly getting news from non-Ukrainian sources. Svitlana provides extremely insightful news and analysis every week, and it's great to hear things from a Ukrainian voice. This isn't a paid advertisement - I just like her newsletter a LOT, and I got the inspiration to make this video from Svitlana's recent interview on the Telegraph "Ukraine the Latest" podcast. SOME SOURCES USED TO MAKE THIS VIDEO: Reasons “Crimea was always Russian” is a myth: www.chathamhouse.org/2021/05/myths-and-misconceptions-debate-russia/myth-12-crimea-was-always-russian Crimean Tatar expulsion following Crimean War (bottom of page 1): web.archive.org/web/20070611035541/monderusse.revues.org/docannexe1800.html Crimean Tatar starvation and expulsions in early Soviet period: newrepublic.com/article/116814/crimean-tatars-primer-why-population-opposes-putin Crimean Tatars forced to vacate their land in 2014: web.archive.org/web/20140320080350/en.ria.ru/world/20140319/188544777/Crimean-Tatars-Will-Have-to-Vacate-Land--Official.html Human Rights Watch report on Crimean Tatars: www.hrw.org/news/2017/11/14/crimea-persecution-crimean-tatars-intensifies Official website of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis: qtmm.org/en/

[@faccevreau8746]

Selam aleykum! I’m Crimean Tatar from Romania and I’m more than proud to be part of this beautiful community❤️ thanks for this video, Free Crimea!🩵〽️

[@FredoRockwell]

Wa-Alaikum-Salaam! Thanks for your comment! Free Crimea!

[@lechopuT]

It’s a pity that the Crimean Tatars were expelled from their native land;( From Ukraine I wish the Crimean Tatar people prosperity!

[@seyahatdelisilenurbey]

From the name of my nation - the Crimean Tatars I want to thank you for this video. Crimea is and will continue to be the land of the Crimean Tatars, despite all the difficulties that will befall our fate. We stood up then - we stand up again!

[@FredoRockwell]

Thank you! I hope the video helps spread awareness of the Crimean Tatar people in some small way. I don't have any don't that you will ensure through the occupation and thrive when it ends. 🙂

[@anoobis7259]

Hi from Bashkortostan. I hope once your people and my people will be free

[@JamesKerLindsay]

I so love these videos. Really fantastic explanations. (And I loved the cheeky neigh! 🤭😂)

[@FredoRockwell]

Thanks! So glad you like them!

[@toagonel7045]

Eyyy, the professor :)

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

Turkic peoples❤

[@FredoRockwell]

All peoples ❤️

[@Baller474]

@@FredoRockwell no, Turkic peoples are the best especially the Ottomans

[@uncletheoneshotkid3001]

@@Baller474🤮

[@sinaver]

Big thanks for explaining it so well) It's very important for our people!

[@Stormtrooper1948]

As a Crimean Tatar, we thank the Ottoman Empire for enacting the Refugee code when the Crimean war started, the Russians really hate us for no reason and their greed for Constantinople was obvious. That is another why my relatives and most tatars live in dobruja, Romania, the closest land from Crimea. That was a fun fact too. It was just one of multiple instances of the depopulation of the Crimean Peninsula.

[@МихаилНаумов-ч3ъ]

No reason😂

[@SamSam-ey5dm]

Thank you so very much Fredo. It’s always educational watching your videos. Look forward to the next one. Stay well and thank you for educating us 🙏🏽

[@FredoRockwell]

Thank you for your very kind comment! I'm really glad you enjoy the videos!

[@AnonYmouS00816]

Damn so stalin was no different to hitler

[@АнфисаКожемякина-л3о]

Hi! Thank you so much from my nation for making this video! ❤ We’ll always stand in Crimea, cause it’s our motherland. And necessarily Crimea and Crimean tatars will be free inshallah🙏 Good luck!

[@FredoRockwell]

Thank you very much for your comment! It means a lot to me when people from the countries I'm making videos about watch them and appreciate them. Thank you!

[@asadibrahim5596]

Salaam alaikum brother thanks 🙏 hello from Somaliland peace ✌️ and love

[@FredoRockwell]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@manineima4398]

Viva somaliland

[@Hoshinosaull]

I might be wrong but don't Crimean Tatars & Volga Tatars belong to the very same Kipchak group? Crimean Tatars have common ancestors with Lipka, Nogai, Volga, Dobruja, Kazan, Astrakhan and far more Tatars. Tho I enjoyed the video. Left a like.

[@FredoRockwell]

Glad you liked it! It's my understanding that linguistically Crimean Tatar and Volga Tatar are both parts of the Kipchak branch of Turkic languages, but that's a big group that includes Kazakh and Kyrgyz. 🙂

[@Hoshinosaull]

@@FredoRockwell 👍

[@Doggone7134]

Is that horse sound that signalled Catherine the Great's appearance a reference to what I think it is?

[@FredoRockwell]

Maybe...

[@funfoxvlad7309]

Nahh💀

[@SirWinstonChurch]

I am crimean tatar. Thank you for video and paying attention to our proplems

[@FredoRockwell]

Thank you for your thoughtful comment!

[@1-5-7-1]

Hey sir l'm a Crimean tatar too🌝

[@FredoRockwell]

@Dest-i_Qipcaq I hope you like the video! And I hope Crimea is free again soon!

[@1-5-7-1]

@@FredoRockwell Thank you! I loved this video, it is definitely not western propaganda, it is completely facts

[@FredoRockwell]

@Dest-i_Qipcaq It's definitely not, or at least I made the entire thing by myself just cause I wanted to. 😀

[@Leiwanderer]

This was really interesting! I love this format! So I really hope I'm not offending you by knitpicking here, but some of those "P"s were really loud. Do you use a pop-filter when recording your voice? Otherwise it was great as always and I can't wait for your next video!

[@FredoRockwell]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! Yes, I use a pop filter but I noticed some issues with the sound being a bit harsh in the final version. I think I know what may have gone wrong and will try to fix it for next time.

[@jacasadia]

Thank you for the video.

[@FredoRockwell]

My pleasure!

[@RuthenianModernism]

I would have added the Crimean Tatar alliance with the Kozak Hetmanate and the liquidation of the Hetmanate by Catherine

[@FredoRockwell]

Thanks for the suggestion! I think I might have struggled to include that in such a short video, but I may revisit the subject with something more in depth in future.

[@hamoodhabibiOTMI]

the Crimean, Circassian, Chechen and other Turkic and Caucasian people have endured so much pain. SO may Allah help the kind-hearted Ukrainians endure as he helped them endure.

[@Colinop]

NOOOO THE HORSE FOR CATHERINE THE GREAT WHYYY 😭😭

[@FredoRockwell]

Do you not like the 🐎?

[@Silver_Prussian]

​@@FredoRockwell why do you enjoy spreading myths and wrong information i mean your video was full it right from the begining when you began to talk about cathrine takeover of the peninsula

[@paulroese1376]

interesting as the Tatars aren't native to Crimea. they took over the place when they were flunkies of Genghis Khan and the Mongols.

[@FredoRockwell]

It's interesting but pretty normal. Every ethnic group is made up of people descended from ancestors who arrived from somewhere else - except perhaps the people who today live in the Rift Valley.

[@РафисКашапов-р5ы]

Turks ahead! Crimean Tatars and Kazan Tatars will be free!

[@FredoRockwell]

That will be a great moment!

[@edwardsnowden8821]

free Kurdistan first.

[@knopkaplay0507]

Why not visit Crimea and actually talk to some tatars? Will likely take longer than five minutes, though...

[@FredoRockwell]

Visiting occupied Crimes would take a LOT longer than five minutes. It would also be dangerous and something the Ukrainian government would very much discourage. Whenever possible I speak to people who are involved in the story I'm telling. For example, I interviewed sometime from the Mariupol city government for me video about the resistance movement there. I spoke to the a leading Bashkir dissident for my video about Bashkortostan, and for my video about Komi Dissident Alexi Ivanov I spoke to him for weeks and interviewed him in the video. I began trying to contact Crimean Solidarity last summer, trying everything from email to telegram to Facebook. I never got a response. I had a similar problem with the Mejlis. That was disappointing, but when you're San occupied people you probably have better things to do than talk to summer random KZbinr. So I relied instead on research and did my best. If you're a Crimean Tatar and I've misrepresented something, my apologies. Please let me know.

[@knopkaplay0507]

@@FredoRockwell and yet some people actually take the time and risk to take the trip - and, once there, they understand why Ukrainian government used to do whatever they could to discourage such visits, and why annual annexation anniversary report with the customary interview with the same Tatar owner of the same Tatar restaurant in Kiev just don't cut it... Still plenty of ex-mejlis people there you could talk to, lots of folks who could tell you all about the wahhabi proselytes back in early naughts. Again, wouldn't probably fit into a 5-minute slideshow, but at least it would be intellectually rewarding and honest.

[@FredoRockwell]

I do try to travel for my videos when I can (you'll find several examples in my list of videos), but I can't justify travelling to occupied territory during a war (putting aside the cost, etc). I actually think this is a pretty bizarre criticism to lodge, but - sorry - not going to do it at the moment. Regarding your other point, no, covering ideological, political, and religious diversity among Crimean Tatars (which I'm sure exists) wouldn't fit into a 5 minute explainer aimed at viewers who have very little or no background on the subject. I've done plenty of more in-depth content before and will make more in future. Both shorter and longer content have their place in my opinion and I make no apologies for creating either type.

[@Silver_Prussian]

Historical myths like what ? The peninsula has been russian simce 1783

[@Silver_Prussian]

@saraj2995 who only occupied small parts of it not the whole thing and they themselves attacked the russians after their daddy the ottoman empire was beaten by the russians, they basicaly trew a tamper tantrum attacked a few villages fucked around and found out.

[@FredoRockwell]

@Silver_Prussian That's a pretty nuanced and technical argument for human rights violations you've got there...

[@Silver_Prussian]

@@FredoRockwell there wer no such human rights violations up untill the 1944 deportation, the russians who emigrated to crimea brough industrialization with them and infact helped the growth of the local population by changing the lifestyle from feudal to industrial society. That is trend for almost all of the republics and their ethnic minorities. The change in the population is a few clicks away from your eyes all available on the wiki

[@manineima4398]

Слава России! Крым была и будет в составе России

[@FredoRockwell]

За последний год Путин привел Россию только к череде поражений и на грань унижения. До полномасштабного вторжения Россия, возможно, могла более или менее надолго удерживать Крым. Сегодня Россия не может даже сохранить свой мост!

[@erlik6300]

Can u please make video about South Azerbaijan.

[@FredoRockwell]

Thanks for the suggestion! I'm aware of it but I don't know much. I'll look into it...

[@TotalWarVisegrad]

Free Crimea and end colonization

[@halidseytablaev3377]

Thank you very much from all our people, good luck in your business!!!

[@FredoRockwell]

Thank you!

[@s.k.9110]

Hello ! Do the Crimean tatars consider any city in Crimea as their capital ? I am wondering as most ethnicities consider one city as their capital… Have a good day.

[@FredoRockwell]

Hi, that's a great question and to be honest I'm not entirely sure. Here's what I know: I'm not aware that any place is considered the political capital of the Crimean Tatars. Before the occupation, the Mejlis were based in a building in Simferopol (now seized) but I suspect this was just because this is the major Crimean city. Bakhchysarai was the capital of the Crimean Khanate, and the palace briefly shown in the video is still standing. When I next get a chance, I'll ask this question to maybe get a better answer. Thanks for watching and commenting! 🙂

[@coolname1494]

I am Crimean Tatar. We definitely do. Mostly we consider Aqmescit as our capital, Aqmescit is Simferopol. It is one of the most developed cities on the peninsula. Although Bağçasaray (Bakhchysarai) is also a very important place as it was a capital of Crimean Khanate for almost all of it's history. Also, Qırım (Eski Qırım - Stariy Krym) was a capital of Crimea before the Crimean Khanate.

[@s.k.9110]

@@coolname1494 Thank you for these informations ! This is really instructive. I’ll go get more information about it. 👍

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Do a story on the Crimean/Azov Greeks, they have been there for close to 3000 years in ancient Greek settlements and until the 2022 Russian invasion were 25% of Mariupol's population.

[@FredoRockwell]

Crikey, I'd heard there was a Greek population in the area, but not one so large! I'll look into it for sure. Thank you!

[@feride3046]

Thank you so much,as being crimean tatar itself❤❤❤ Yaşa Qırım❤

[@TürkDevletleriTeşkilatı0]

Yaşasın Turan

[@xyeB]

What autonomy? As a Ukrainian citizen I only seen Ukrainian goverment repressing them,attacking them prior to 2014 just like Russia did (albeit not this harsh) and they didn’t even teach them their langauge NOR Arabic script! They never renamed the towns,villages,they never had autonomy. The flag of the now republic of Crimea in Russia is the same as it was since 1992 or so. Even the coat of arms. Autonomy is nothing. But Crimea is better under Ukraine out of the two evils. Ukrainians and Russians hate Crimean Tatars a lot. They need independence or autonomy level like HK in China or a republic in Russia. Crimean Tatar Republic

[@1-5-7-1]

I'm a Crimean Tatar, but I've never heard of any Ukrainian hating us... do you hate us?

[@idontknow9238]

Seems like you forgot to mention the previous inhabitants of Crimea, where the Crimean tatars came from, the Crimean-Nogai slave trade and what the Crimean tatars were doing during WW2

[@FredoRockwell]

I didn't "forget" these two points. If descendants of the previous inhabitants were still there as a nation I would mention them. Re WW2, I want interested in pushing Stalin-era Soviet propaganda.

[@1-5-7-1]

Why are the Russians not talking about the Russian Liberation Army? (Русская освободительная армия) Andrey Vlasov? There were also Russians who cooperated with the Germans just for food stamps. Also, Crimean Tatars are Kipchak Turks. Before the Crimean Khanate, there was the Golden Horde that we established with the Mongols, and before that there was Dasht-i Kipchak. Even the flag of the Crimean city of "Kefe" was the Golden Horde flag before the referendum. The name of Crimea is also Mongolian. Mongolians call the Great Wall of China "segen kirim". This is where the name of Crimea comes from. There are no Pontian or Goths activists in Crimea right now, there are Tatars.