Tatar Nation: The Other Crimea

Crimea's Tatars - who amount to 12 percent of the peninsula's 2.2 million residents - overwhelmingly boycotted the March 16th referendum for Crimea to become part of Russia. The Tatar's bad history with Russia was a major factor of their decision, as Stalin persecuted and deported them en masse from the Crimean Peninsula in 1944. After the collapse of the Soviet Union Tatars trickled back into Crimea, but their status there was always temporary. With Crimea's much-disputed status as part of Russia following the referendum, the future of the Tatars is a big question mark. VICE News' Simon Ostrovsky spent some time with Tatars in Simferopol in the week leading up to the referendum to get their side of the story.
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[@temoo91]

they offered their Mosque buildings to Ukrainian Orthodox Christians to pray... What a great people ! god be with you Tatars... respect from Georgia

[@baibac6065]

It's funny coming from you.... you know... Georgian.... Stalin.... ok I'm just kidding :)

[@mrcocoloco7200]

@@baibac6065 Too soon man. Too soon 🧊

[@GeoffreyBronson]

it's beautiful what we can do when we see the common good in each other

[@pulsatingsausageboy2076]

@@baibac6065You’re an anus and I’m not kidding.

[@BlackLotusVisualArchive]

@@baibac6065 Tbf Stalin basically acted upon Russian interests, despite being a Georgian

[@unicornsification]

The Crimean Tatars arguably suffered the most under Stalin, and knowing anything about the persecution of ethnic minorities it's a harrowing and deeply sad thought.

[@TagMahirTzedek]

I don't think so. Stalin did screw them over, but he did far worse throughout the empire. He had people butchered as well, don't forget that. Being sent to places like Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan- probably to break apart their ethnic group so their will be less chance of a Rebellion is little compared to the other bad Sh^t he was doing.

[@unicornsification]

TagMehirTzedek I'm not talking about the deportation specifically. From Wiki " No other Soviet nationality suffered the decline imposed on the Crimean Tatars; between 1917 and 1933 half the Crimean Tatar population had been killed or deported." My family was shot, imprisoned and sent to Siberia, but my people as a whole fared better.

[@TagMahirTzedek]

unicornsification Ok. So were people in my family. Some were imprisoned the other's left the city they were in to other places. And another part fled to Israel during that time before the borders were sealed off tightly.

[@Nikisright]

How many million Russians died during WW2? Millions! Something like 26 million. Soooooo, I'd say that noboby suffered more than the Russians during Stalin.

[@unicornsification]

Nikisright Why minimise the suffering of people who are treated worse on their homeland than the imported Russians, some of whom still believe lies about the Crimean Tatars by Soviet propaganda. A lot of you were killed? Undeniably. But is your language still alive? Have your customs been destroyed? Were you forced to renounce your customs and traditions? No? That's more than hundreds of ethnic minorities can say. Numbers really don't matter when you are talking about genocide versus war casualties and shitty economic policy casualties. Get over yourselves, russians were favored in the Soviet union over every other ethnicity and nationality.

[@azza2473]

"stalin saved them" they really don't know anything about Tatars do they

[@zalow07]

of course they do they just don't admit it they are still using a five year plan for fucks sake

[@caliopadreamer6798]

but this version is realy logic or u have another version?

[@azza2473]

***** There is no evidence to that other than the soviet union using that as an excuse to deport them in the first place

[@zalow07]

Grishan Poke the original Stalin five year plans had logic but the human cost was pretty high and they weren't very effective im just saying that Russia hasn't changed since the time of the tsars.

[@hjalti98]

***** No, but they are being discriminated because of their past. Germans a little less, perhaps.

[@Physicist-]

1:01 tatars have not been there “since” the ottomans they were there before the ottomans existed. get your facts straight.

[@mohammedghassan8522]

Tatar lived there since the Mongolian invasion of Europe . They weren't muslims at all . Study history

[@mitchellmorew1431]

He also claimed they were deported to the Ural Mountains in central asia, that doesnt even make sense Uzbekistan is nowhere near the Urals.

[@mitchellmorew1431]

not to mention hes assuming that Crimean tatars and regular tatars are interchangeable.

[@a.b.b35]

@@mohammedghassan8522 mongollian invasion but soldiers was turkic central asians. mongols dont have manpower or people to do those things even geghis khans greatest commander subutai was turkic. only geghis khan was mongol turkic people supported geghis khan because they were believing in same religion tengri old turkic paganism and they believed geghis khan will bring glory to tengri and he did but didnt stand long

[@UgandanBossmanyearsago]

@@mohammedghassan8522 they were Muslim for hundreds of years before tsar catherine annexed the crimean khanate. Crimean tatars were part of the golden horde which alongside the ilkhanate was the two parts of the mongol empire which accepted Islam. So they have been Muslims since even before ottomans, get your facts right.

[@RiotHouseLP]

Sad, the Tartars have lost everything, even their native language.

[@ercanbando9395]

the native language was mongolian , they are mixed people with multiple languages

[@cowboytanaka6675]

Ercan Bando ??

[@baagiibaagii2605]

They are not Tartars,they are Tatars.

[@mursalwarsame5839]

They are turkic tribes which habit from east China (ouigour) to South of the black Sea and anatolia modern turkey. .😠

[@alperc6156]

@@ercanbando9395 No ... it is a Turkic language. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJ20aKapetdpf8U i can basically understand almost all of those Turkic dialects including crimean tatars. Russians always tried to decimate natives of caucases and crimea and settle themselves for centuries.

[@albertrynkowski3599]

I love the Crimean Tatar tribe. Small, but so heartfull. Şerefsiz Stalin tried to throw them out in 1944. :/ Lehistandan selamlar arıpteşler! Işleriniz hayırlı olsun!

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

I'm from Turkey but I wanted to thank you for your support for the Crimean Tatars brother. Are you a Polish Tatar / Lipka Tatar or just sympathetic towards Tatars?

[@albertrynkowski3599]

@@godofchaoskhorne5043 Teşekkürler 🙏. Hayır, Tatar değilim. Polonyalıyım ama Hollanda'dayken Türkçe öğrenmeye başladım. Geçmişte Qırımtatar dili öğreniyorum çünkü bu ölmekte olan bir dil. Bu dilinin sadece dört yüz bin konuşması vardır. Qırım'a gitmek istedim ama plandemi var maalesef. Oraya plandemi ve savaştan sonra mutlaka gideceğim.

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

@@albertrynkowski3599 Türkçeniz muhteşem! Hollandada Türklerden Türkçe öğrenmek için yardım aldınız mı? Amcamın eşi Polanyali ve iki tane yarı Polanyali kuzenim var. Umarim pandemi sonrası Kırımı ziyaret etme şansınız olur. Bende çok istiyorum ziyaret etmeyi ama hem pandemi hemde Rus işgali dolayı biraz zor. Ne yazık ki Kırım Tatarları Ruslar tarafindan inanılmaz baskı altındalar. Umarım bir gün Türkiye'yi de ziyaret edersiniz. All the best brother, kendine iyi bak

[@albertrynkowski3599]

@@godofchaoskhorne5043 Hayır, almadım çünkü herhangi bir yardım istemedim. Her şeyi kendim öğrenmeye çalışıyorum. :) Bir soru sormak istiyorum. Kuzenleriniz nerede oturuyor? Türkiye'de mi Polonya'da mı? Lehçe biliyorlar mı acaba?

[@edenender]

Tatars fought along side poland even in the ww1 and ww2. Tatar ulans fought for poland in napoleonic wars.

[@daymal2717]

Those hats are dope af I want one

[@wmr0225]

Day Mal It's called a papakha if you're interested

[@jojiraammmaafinafachinglan2856]

wmr0225 Wait? why are they wearing caucasian hats?

[@a.k9802]

it's a turkic hat, even the ottomans had those. Caucasus has been under turkic khanates and empires for thousands of years.

[@ers4690]

@Mr Dub Crazy Bulgars lived in Crimea Caucasus region then they migrated At least what the Tatars (original Bulgars) say and it's proven .

[@ivanche8237]

@@ers4690 the Bulgars on the Caucasus are the Balkars

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

This video is 7 years old.. We need more coverage on Crimean Tatars. As their situation has gone from bad to worse under Russian occupation

[@cowboytanaka6675]

Im Tatar, nobody cares about us Our culture is actively dying and we are being abandoned, we almost have been completely ethnically cleansed from crimea by the russians

[@simonh6371]

??? It's got better, they were persecuted by Ukraine.

[@avibhagan]

Worse that getting killed by Nazis ? are you serious ? You think Crimean Tar Tars would trade places with Muslims in Ukraine and Donetsk and Luhansk ? You know the Chechen Muslims are fighting WITH the Russians ? right ?

[@avibhagan]

you know the NAZIs in the Ukrainian military posted a video of them dipping bullets in pig lard, to shot Muslims ? right ? You think the Tar Tars, who are Muslims would be treated better in Ukraine ?

[@godofchaoskhorne5043]

@@avibhagan 99% Crimean Tatars are hardcore pro Ukraine. Russia has far more nazis than Ukraine and it was the Russians that forcefully deported the Crimean Tatars then settled Russians in their place. There are also Chechens fighting for Ukraine and the ones fighting for Russia are Kadyrov's, a Russian backed brutal dictator's personal troops. And from the footage we've seen that they proudly share they are less well trained and disciplined than most factions in the Syrian war even lol

[@LoveBD153]

Love you brothers and sisters from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️

[@CrimeanTatarBoy]

As a Crimean Tatar, this was very beautifully made. Long live Vice!

[@RaulGonzalez-xt1kx]

crimea is RUSSIA¡¡¡¡

[@CrimeanTatarBoy]

Crimea is the native land of the Crimean Tatars. It is Crimean Tatar land. We have no other homeland. Anybody who argues against that is a hypocrite.

[@RaulGonzalez-xt1kx]

CRIMEA IS PART OF RUSSIA¡¡¡ YOU CAN0T DENY THAT ACEPT THE REALITy I HATE MUSLIM

[@DanielMorenoTV]

Akhtem E. you belong to central asia you are foreigners gtfo

[@serenseitcean5906]

Raul Gonzalez well you are a dumb if you are a islamofobic

[@carpediemdeii]

We, Turkey Turks, are with our Turkic Tatar brothers forever.

[@dude999b7]

+kebab remover You are DELUSIONAL AS FUCK !!!! Serbians were no threat to Ottomans even when they were falling. The nations that played big roles in the fall of Ottomans were British French Russia Safavids (Turkic as well) Balkan nations were nothing alone they became sth when they all united and backed by Russia and other superpowers Look at that skull tower in Belgrade and remember who you are watch your steps carefully. Even your homeland Balkan is a Turkish word.

[@ulan8761]

Serbia is such a irrelevant shit country.

[@ulan8761]

none none Lol, I'm not even a Muslim.

[@nose123456ful]

TheEmperor or you can be a Moriscos jajaj

[@fatihsultanmehmedhan5575]

we had 3 continents under our flag because we had nice grandfathers the history of them are not there to make Babys sleeping its therefor to awakening Men, s

[@70_Bheta]

I was about thinking that vice will side with Ukraine but then i watch the whole video and realize that vice isn't censored that both Ukrainian and Russian occupying Tatars homeland. I love the neutrality you bring in this documentation. Respect to vice.

[@user-si2ft1mo2j]

um no? Ukraine only had a land reform finished in 2021, that's what it's about. to call Ukrainians occupiers, I wonder who you have to be. the Crimean Tatar Mejlis is proukrainian.

[@JAM661]

Actually by listen to the Russian it tells you even today they still do jot get the fact that Stalin killed 20 million of his own people. I hate to say these people were lucky but they were that they were deported and not sent to camps or just killed like so many Army. In fact Stalin even had 30,000 of his own troops killed by his people because he could not trust them.

[@Rushantaj]

@@walkingintrovert89 России земли были нужны, вот и выдумали это сочинение

[@kristinparish2834]

Mr. Ostrovsky, this is amazing work. Nobody has EVER delivered the news to us like this. I'm smitten.

[@ai-kt3hy]

Turk people are the best ❤ I'm a Tatar from Turkey.

[@motivationyouneed7634]

Don't be so cocky . All ppl are the best

[@afdalridwan3813]

@@motivationyouneed7634 ethnic cleansing in 1944, only if it happens to your race as well you might be still have thinking twice

[@annihurmemaa]

wow, this just blew my mind... I feel sorry for them and I wish I could help but I can't. All I could say is stay strong....

[@Tamilanban.T]

6:31 He raised his voice says, "Except Allah SWT he fears none" MashaAllah, this is the type of confidence Islam instill in every believer! Except the one who Created you, you fear None! What an amazing feeling of freedom!

[@osmansay4305]

My ancestors are tatars and fled from crimea during the time of the russian empire to the black sea coast of the ottoman empire and im proud to say that im half tatar, although i know Little of our culture

[@Haberdasher102]

I appreciate the decision to let the interviews play at out length, especially compared to most news outlets.

[@LegoReviewsAndMor312]

The women at 5:20 I couldn't agree with her more than I do right now. It almost makes me cry but its the truth, politics ruins everything because of wealth and power. No one can believe that everything is alright. Everyone is different and won't agree with each other. I'm not saying there shouldn't be religion or politics. I'm saying everyone should at least agree with each other and not argue about whats right.

[@joshlanier8567]

It is very s I had a realization years ago it's almost like my family my mother used to have a very large family four Brothers five sisters and every year we would always get together for holidays at one place whether they would argue and fight about things that happened years ago we still got to get it. Obviously it runs deeper than that religion politics broke but the world is similar like that and that it was almost nearly impossible because of what happened years ago to get people to come together and agree and live in harmony It's just sad but true

[@wuestenfuchs1]

The difference between Crimea and Israel? Crimean Tatars don't march back into their ancestrial homeland guns blazing, displacing the russian majority from their homes. They just find empty space and build up there hoping to live peacefully with people who've already been living there.

[@serenseitcean5906]

Russian majority in Crimeea is because Of Stalin ,Stop being a ignorant

[@jujharsingh5461]

Tatars were invaders who came with ottomans and they use to kidnap Russian women and sell them to ottoman harems

[@ebuuuu2833]

@@jujharsingh5461 Tatar come to there before ottomans and before russians.

[@skkk352]

@@jujharsingh5461 oi black indian boy detected. Dont mind this guy . He just hates Muslim. Back in old days , the tatars were fearesome and great warriors. With modern guns and all ,Russia gets the upper hand only.

[@jujharsingh5461]

@@skkk352 and calling black really shows your level of thinking

[@Ansis99]

Thank`s Simon, again! Your team is awesome and I hope there will be no deportations of poor Tatars and I will pray God for that! Amen.

[@kravic5003]

Stallin bought a ticket to Asia for Tatars Meanwhile: 50% of them died during the trip, 45% went to GULAG

[@codenameeaglecooldown900]

😭

[@therealhippo]

My great great grandmother had 7 kids, I think only 2 survived.

[@kaizersoze]

I am so glad to see Simon is still in Crimea, keep up the good work.

[@kaizersoze]

holapeople24 you THINK huh.... so?

[@kaizersoze]

holapeople24 Idk they have never made so many dispatches on one subject. I hope he stays longer.

[@zztopz7090]

Spreading US propaganda, how noble.

[@elekonas]

Same thing happaned in Lithuania, people who opposed the government in any way or help the partisan freedom fighters were deported to Siberia or Kazakhstan where they had to live in unbearable conditions. Many did not return ofcourse and russians never did or will pay for the damage they caused.

[@caliopadreamer6798]

and how do you propose to solve the problem of collaboration in baltic countries?

[@elekonas]

Grishan Poke Collaboration of what, where?

[@caliopadreamer6798]

elekonas in WW2 obviosly

[@elekonas]

Grishan Poke Well, there can't be any collaboration with a country who occupies you. Not occupying and deporting people and theyr families would be a good start, no?

[@razr190]

Stalin and the Soviet Union is not Russia and the Russian people. Stalin oppressed and deported everyone, fuck he wasn't even Russian.

[@cowboytanaka6675]

Crimea is a prime example of Ethnic cleansing

[@joemama4473]

Good they are not native to Europe, they are from East Asia, and central Asia used to be West eurasian before being ethnically cleansed by mongols and Turks

[@cowboytanaka6675]

@@joemama4473 🤡

[@dikinovisal9693]

very sad. if you see our Muslim brothers in Crimea have to suffer like Muslim brothers in the Middle East. May Allah give good grace to Tatar Muslim brothers in Crimea. best regards, from Indonesia

[@damagejackal10]

Tatars are real Ukrainian patriots! Not like those russian "tourists" in the eastern Ukraine

[@cripppton]

Tourists? More then 3/4 of Ukraine is Russian land u moron

[@onemanproduction3xk]

cripppton what the hell do you smoke? aaah maybe russian propaganda? that would make sense!

[@terribird4862]

cripppton alot of land in eastern and southern Ukraine were Russian majority but as years past Ukrainians inhabitant them city's like Kharkov or Donetsk are good examples of this as they were first a Russian majority!

[@cripppton]

Vasili Curd Donetsk is independent now mate

[@terribird4862]

cripppton read more clear, alot of citys in Ukraine were founded by Russians

[@markogeri73]

It is true that historically Tatars were the majority in Crimea, according to the 1785 census 84.1% of the population of the peninsula were Tatars with only 2.2% being Russian, no Ukrainians at that time. The percentage of Tatars after that started declining, by 1897 they were just little more numerous than the Russians at 35.55% and 33.11% respectively. Ukrainians were at 11.84% at the time. By the next census of 1926 Tatars were not longer a majority, making up 25.1% of the population, while Russians accounted for 42.2%. So Tatars lost their majority status in Crimea long before Stalin deported them in 1944. According to the 1939 census Russians made up almost half of the populatin at 49.6% while Tatars stood at 19.4%. Not that Ukrainians never throughout history were the majority in Crimea, the highest percentage of Ukrainians ever there was 26.5% (1970), while Russians were already an overwhelming majority at 67.3%. The number of Tatars - as well as their percentage - increased under Russian occupation: in 2014 there were 277,336 of them while in 2021 there were 284,522.

[@human151]

Its a shame that Ukraine has not helped them very much up to this point....but Ukraine barely has any money for roads, let alone helping a community of millions. If you need proof, just try driving on their roads, they are constantly full of pot holes. But I wonder how Yanukovich got money to build all this mansions (he had 5 of them)?

[@bangol]

:)))))))))))))

[@romanfetsyak6790]

Yep he is right I lived in boroslav the roads ther was just a mess

[@AndyRosebrookHuman]

Sounds like one of Yanokovytch's chandeliers could have paid for an entire village in Crimea.

[@NichiroTeikoku]

Cem Sipahi free Japanese Empire from US first, maybe than you can give "ukrainians" tips against occupation

[@human151]

NichiroTeikoku free Japenese Empire from US? I had no idea we were still an occupying force.

[@zakariyeamin1874]

Somebody said: we are not afraid of anybody except for Allah. Legend

[@alimammadli5231]

Azərbaycan türkü olaraq hər zaman ürəyimiz krım tatarlarının yanında ..Allah köməkləri olsun

[@talslarnanas1105]

🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🙋🏽‍♂️🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ZitsaAdem]

love and greetings to my Crimean tatar turkish brothers

[@rainmayhem4255]

Simon is a brave man. He was kidnapped and still went back to war zones to report

[@hamzatahir629]

Anybody who plays EU knows very well how Russia, (Muscovy) ethnically cleansed what is now much of Modern day Russia smh.

[@arans5526]

Hamza Tahir The Crimean Tatars aren't native to Crimea, but rather to the steppes of central asia (where stalin sent them). The Greeks have a longer presence there, as do the Armenians. They support Russia. The majority of people support Russia.

[@hamzatahir629]

Aran S Your right! but by the time the Russian empire set eyes on it, it was of majority Tatar ethnic affiliation. Cultures change in every region over time, no surprise.

[@arans5526]

Hamza Tahir Your right! By the time the Russian Federation set eyes on it, it was of majority Russian ethnic affiliation. Cultures change in every region over time, no surprise.

[@arans5526]

Oh and Russia didn't ethnically cleanse most of Russia. If they did then it would be a similar situation as with America, with the various native people being an irrelevant minority almost everywhere. Instead in Russia the native people of many areas form the majority. Even the circaasians still live in their homeland (albeit in smaller numbers than abroad)

[@hamzatahir629]

Aran S Nice try, search it up. how can the culture affiliation in Crimea switch from Tatar to Russian slavic if it never switched hands from the Crimean khanate until Russia came in. Im a 100% sure there wasnt immigration.

[@bingly338]

Lady "Stalin actually saved them" 8:34 should have a conversation with that old deported Tatar man 13:25 and explain him how he /was saved/ and sent to warm nice place to live. That is so typical russian mindset of "saving" someone.

[@TerryThePondererLewis]

6:30 "We are not afraid of anybody except for Allah." MashaAllah!

[@YouDeaf1x1]

Hes a brave man, MashaAllah

[@pepedelacruz5767]

That tatar woman is the most coherent and intelligent person I've seen in all of the reports about this mess.

[@blasiusturski2496]

We vote in democracy. Crimean population: Russian 80%, Tatar 10% Any questions?

[@iativ]

+Blasius Turski it's idiocracy

[@Johntb100]

+Blasius Turski actually sixty percent Russian twenty five percent Ukrainian twelve percent Tatar.. On top of that all the Russians are not Russian, they only say so to avoid harassment.And 100 years ago Ukrainians were the majority.Tatar nation do not give uprinf.com/alt-news/newswire/crimeas-tatars-persecuted-by-stalin-then-putin-now/

[@svartorivigt5016]

+Blasius Turski The Russians doesn't have any claim on Crimea, The Tatars of Crimea are descendens of all kinds of different Culture included but not limited to, Mongols, Turks, Schythians and cummans. Only after 1783 when Russia annexed it from the Crimean Khanate, russians started to live there and starting to overpopulate the Crimean Tatars. Now let's not even forgett after WW2 that the entire Crimean Population was deborted and during this debortation it is estemated somewhere around 46% Crimean Tatars died.

[@Johntb100]

60 % Russian 25 % Ukrainian 12 % TatarEveryone loves Jamala !!!

[@bennybenny43]

+John Bodnar speak in your own name, please...

[@fivemeomedia]

cant believe people are bringing up something that happened in the 1700 century and calling the tatars hypocrites its literally the dumbest thing i ever heard

[@fivemeomedia]

***** they also collaberated with the soviets they just couldnt win could they?

[@fivemeomedia]

***** keep eating up your russian propaganda buddy just know theirs 2 kinds of education empowerment and indoctrination and your educated perfectly indoctrinated good job

[@NooysYTB]

TATAR

[@marioformosa4259]

The Tatars are Turkic. They have got nothing to do with Europe. The indigenous people of Crimea are the Greeks.

[@akilichev]

+Marco Borg Sure, but Greeks don't wanna liver there. Crimeans built the cities, infrastructure and life there. Greek are long gone, ever since the Gothics taken over the land.

[@andreyz2436]

Crimean Khanate actually had no infrastructure to speak of, it was a port of slave trade, and all the work like farming was done by slave labour.

[@muradahmed7469]

All white Americans should return to their original homeland europe

[@aslidurmus5974]

"He didn't send them to the far north, he sent them to a warm southern region." This sentence is out of humanity, empathy and any emotion that makes us human being. It is not surprising cos Russia still making the same shit to the innocent people in Syria. Also people in Syria are not taking a "cozy" trip to Turkey and other countries of Europe. We are grateful for the Judgement Day of The Most Merciful...

[@vxvx2010]

may god protect you our tatar brothers

[@cathyg9513]

Im proud Tatarian girl from Bulgaria

[@dragonsfury3370]

CathyG9513 that’s great that you remember your roots

[@b.mustafov9745]

I am also a Tatar from Bulgaria. Hello

[@cathyg9513]

B. Mustafov zdravey! Az sum ot turski proizhod sushto taka ^^

[@b.mustafov9745]

@@cathyg9513 i az :D

[@b.mustafov9745]

@@cathyg9513 ot koy grad si

[@scorpionprince3927]

Crimea (carimea) was the motherland of crimean tatars. Please remember the history of crimean khanate of tatars.

[@ataberkdemir4279]

crimea was the motherland before crimean khanate because before khanate the kıpchak turks live in crimea and north of the black sea.İn historical books,this territory was named desth i kıpchak(kıpchak lands)

[@scorpionprince3927]

@@ataberkdemir4279 Ha..Ha..Ha..... Pro Russian history! Sorry, I think you are a Russian. Am I right?

[@ataberkdemir4279]

@@scorpionprince3927 no I m turk

[@scorpionprince3927]

@@ataberkdemir4279 Good. I'm Turk origin.

[@joemama4473]

​@@ataberkdemir4279Europeans lived there before Turks and mongols tole our land in central Asia

[@johnSmith-my9yj]

One thing in their favor is the support of Tatarstan, their president already urged Putin to apply the Rehabilitation Law (for victims of Stalin) to the Crimean Tatars. Russia has a chance now to show they can do better than Ukraine; settle the land claims, build roads, supply gas, water and electricity. Let's hope they don't screw it up. Wouldn't just be good for the Tatars, it would help Russia internationally, especially in the Muslim world.

[@Stakiss132]

now you know what the hell is the russian idea to save people with genocide, save someone with shot in the head and same someone with annexation of another country territories

[@ildarm]

Crimea deserves independence! no ukraine and no russia. Tatarlar jigitlar!

[@sharpereye]

Also Vice you should do what news outlets fail to do enough and go back in maybe a years time to make sure the government keeps to its word about what they said they will do for the tartars

[@sharpereye]

5:19 This women has it right! Although I wouldn't completely blame it all on politicians even if a lot of it is their fault

[@scolfieldcheng]

As a Chinese, it's really not my right to judge. But I want to say that there is no such thing as absolute right or wrong. What's happening in Ukraine maybe good for someone and bad for the others. It maybe bad for Tatars, but it is good for the Russians in Crimea. For example, Russia had occupied 300 million square kms from China's weak Qing Dynasty and support Mongolia claim independency. This of course is a terrible thing for Chinese, but I can imagine it is a good thing for the Russians. There is no happy ending for everyone.

[@ikilicoglu]

Why do you care that Mongolia is independent? It has it's own culture, history, nature, religion, language, writing system, etc. Why do Chinese want to have everything that they have no cultural or historical claim over?? This is just nationalist propaganda used by your government to scare the people... It's a very effective strategy used by many dictatorships!

[@andreyz2436]

Russia also supports China in many things, like order in Xingjiang. And China supports Russia in many things around foreign policy. Russia is not the enemy of China.

[@sedat850]

well said my friend

[@Rascalndear1]

Much as I respect Ostrovsky, the Tatars began to return while Gorbachev was still in power. But the majority really did come back after Ukraine became independent. What many forget is that 55% of the Crimean population voted in favor of joining independent Ukraine. In Sevastopol, the supposed hotbed of Russian military patriotism, even more voted in favor. But that has been forgotten under the onslaught of Russian propaganda and disinformation. And in part the Ukrainian leadership was at fault as well, for being infiltrated by Russian fifth columnists and for not understanding the importance of making the public aware of the fact that mainland Ukraine built most of the modern infrastructure in Crimea and provided almost all of the peninsula's potable water and power, as well as 70% of its food and tourists, prior to Russia's power grab in 2014. Today, many Crimeans have fled the peninsula and the people there are suffering in every way possible, including political persecution.

[@JAM661]

Well part of the problem is that Ukraine never really left Russia until now and have had nothing but corrupt President until now. Putin decide to attack Ukraine because he saw NATO as not caring and a easy target. But Putin forget that people usually fight for their homelike when given a chance. My feeling any Russia who came after 2014 should be out of Crimea. Ukraine will have huge issue after this was finished with rebuilding but hopefully they will invite the right people back and do it right. When these area fell after the Soviet Union failed their was no plan and no nothing. Just the local government and it take years for a new country to get on their feet. If you are American you should look at our own history. It certainly was the Constitution was signed and all was good with never a problem again. Even know we seem to not be able to get along or appreciate everything we have. Unless you are living in the street you are better off than 80% of the world population as far as getting you basic needs fit and yet all most people do is whine over people that their belief are not your business no matter that someone want to go to church or a women marrying another women. It is called freedom.and to have it you have to learn to be tolerate because someone probably does not agree with your lifestyle either so we do best to shut our mouth and live our lives with a little respect, dignity and love. We do not have to agree 100% with everyone to get along.

[@snarckys3063]

The "modern infrastructure" dates from soviet times, it was built by the soviet. Also, just because tatars don't like russians does not mean they want to be in ukraine, they don't want to be in either ukraine or russia, and this video illustrate that pretty clearly. So stop your ukraine propaganda, tatars don't want it, just like they don't want russian propaganda.

[@joshlanier8567]

That young woman at 8:21 is the way the world should think. It's sad that the older woman next to her was sitting there starting a rumor of the Tartars and she has no clue just something her parents told her but where I had a problem with it and when she starts saying and almost imo defending her parents rumor. It's sad that we live in a world now and oftentimes why we are in disagreement and fighting against each other is because our parents were not being good parents. Growing up you learn most of everything you know from your parents and they taught us a lot of good and a lot of bad seeing the younger woman's mind hasn't been skewed by her parents and thinking objectively makes me feel good about people and proves that politics and wealth destroy families, communities, states or provinces, and even countries.

[@ertam06]

Selam tatar kardeşlerim bir gün hep birlikde kutlucagız günümüzü

[@ercanbando9395]

sen kendin tatarsin , türk degil .

[@yenidenturktarihtezi]

@@ercanbando9395 ?

[@CODMASTA]

Reminds me a lot about the occupation of Palestine. Specially how Israelis now live in the houses that were owned by Palestinians hundreds and hundreds of years ago

[@Hayden0312]

This moment in digital history….wow. Decades do change in a blink

[@Burialhound]

This is what the international community should be talking about, not some plane that it's government is too incompetent to find.

[@badmnz123]

or withdrawing information about

[@zztopz7090]

They're not incompetent. They're purposely not finding it to avoid the truth.

[@sufialovestoread8737]

May God Almighty bless you my dear Tartar brothers and sisters, may you lives be blessed with prosperity and God's bounty, and infinite peace, Ameen

[@7777777fresh]

First they scream that Crimea is Ukraine now it's a Tatars land .

[@svartorivigt5016]

+7777777fresh The slavs really don't have any claim on Crimea, but since the PEOPLE voted democratically to join Ukraine instead, and now the World is very confused.

[@alecjohnson4348]

+Apartheid Required the majority is Russian slavs

[@serenseitcean5906]

Alec Johnson because of the deportation

[@moonlike3871]

Sir, without realizing it, you are blurring the Crimean-Tatar identity, you must say not the "Tatars", but not being lazy, namely Crimean-Tatars! This is a unique people, they need special attention, they should not be mixed with others.....🙏

[@privettoli]

They are not just Tatars, but Crimean Tatars, that's the different.

[@serenseitcean5906]

@ercan kilic tatars are turks

[@sirlost9280]

From Egypt We All Tatar

[@TerrorTerros]

8:30 Stalin, not such a bad guy afterall,... right ?

[@Krisselbee]

Great documentary, I would love to see a documentary about the russians of german heritage!

[@motorsoft7476]

Очень интересно читать комментарии, все считают русских агрессорами, Путина нацистом.. Хотя на самом деле Россия многонациональная страна и что важно, все живут в мире. Я живу в Краснодаре, у меня много друзей разных национальностей и религий, армян, грузин, дагестанцев, евреев, украинцев, татар, курдов, казахов и еще много кого, вместе живем, работаем, играем в футбол, страйкбол и никогда ни у кого не возникает никаких конфликтов или споров, все уважают друг друга. Мы ездили в Украину как к себе домой, не чувствовали ни границ ни чужих людей, то что сейчас происходит это ненормально, Украина всегда была частью русского мира, у большого количества русских в том числе и у меня есть родственники там. Сейчас нас пытаются сделать врагами, но это невозможно.

[@mesqualitor]

да этот саймон просто разжигает, а сам даже разницу между татарами и крымскими татарами не знает......

[@beks5858]

:)

[@MississippiWildlife]

Respect for Tatarstan and the people ))

[@tarunr5751]

Tatarstan people are a different kind of Tatar

[@capncake8837]

@@tarunr5751 I think they’re using the word Tatarstan to refer to wherever Tatars live.

[@YoYIIYoY]

Наиболее честные репортажи из всех, что я видел. Настоящая журналистика, показаны все стороны, все мнения.

[@cristiansosa1512]

7:40 give this guy a megaphone. People should be following this ideal.

[@brahim119]

The presenter needs to review his history books, it was the Soviets that deported them not _Russia,_ does he also need to be reminded that Stalin was not Russian but Georgian.

[@bingly338]

So Stalin's crimes are Georgian's crimes now?

[@drogsaddicted]

Wow Simon is very concerned about tatars. and american administration too. as always americans protect muslim people. american are friends to them. do you believe in this?

[@mustafabutahar7882]

Salam u alikom from España Masha Allah brothers

[@27182818284590452354]

Let's hope international attention pressures Russia to treat them better than Ukraine did.

[@baibac6065]

Nope, they treat them worse. And they lock people up by the dozens.

[@bluespinningdotinspace4315]

Why is this not talked about more?

[@luqmanhakim9265]

May Allah bless our muslim brothers and sisters in Crimea

[@topnotch6907]

After the explosions in Novofedorovka, the russians stepped up repressions against the Crimean Tatars. They're searched, people are taken hostage. Already 140 representatives of the Crimean Tatar community were detained in the best traditions of the NKVD.

[@tiernanwearen6624]

"Once a checkist always a checkist"

[@Sam3532]

brilliant reporting..

[@triedzidono]

any update on how its going ?

[@oblakaniec]

1:10 That's not exactly true. Gorbachev allowed Crimean Tatars to return, so it was the late Soviet Union policy. See, for instance, a letter of Milli Firka to Obama. The rest looks accurate (didn't watch to the end).

[@Baibars-xq7vi]

Real owners of Crimiea. Greetings from Turkey. Ottoman Brotherhood!

[@evana3813]

Baibars0657, Ottoman empire doesn’t exist anymore. Russians had crimea before the ottomans even existed. Wake up and educate yourself

[@gokturksavas6549]

@@evana3813 Many Turkish states have existed in Crimea and have ruled over the Crimea for more than a thousand years.

[@talslarnanas1105]

AZƏRBAYCANDAN KRIM TATARLARINA ATƏŞİN SALAM OLSUN.BİZİM DİLİMİZ BİR BİRİNƏ ÇOX OXŞAYIR.ÖZ DOĞMA YURDUNUZA XOŞ GƏLMİSİZ.KRIM TATARLARA MƏXSUSDUR.NƏ RUSA NƏ DƏ Kİ, XAXOLLARA DEYİL.BAXÇA SARAY TÜRK SÖZÜDÜ.🙋🏽‍♂️🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿👍🙋🏽‍♂️🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿

[@TrinidadJamesWoods]

the lady at 5:40 speaks so much truth

[@birulusbirvatan2370]

6:13 as a Turkish, 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@MRorkun1]

6:30 ağzına sağlık dayı!

[@rosskapernick8963]

The one fact that matters today is over 95 percent in Crimea voted to rejoin Russia. The other fact is when one of the world's most reputable Poll Companies from Germany did an in depth Poll in Crimea well after it was back with Russia it showed even a majority of Tartars voted for rejoining Russia and were happy to be back with Russia. That is all that counts. If Vice wanted to be unbiased and present a balanced view why didnt they interview some of the more than 50 percent of Tartars who wanted to rejoin Russia and are happy to be back. Is that too much to ask. Balanced reporting.

[@jackchorn]

mine-mine-mine-mine-mine-mine-mine-mine maybe the nomadic life is more suited for the tatars

[@farouqomaro598]

Ordinary people always have to suffer because of politicians.

[@maxwagman546]

I see a large resemblance to the Jewish people and Israel here.

[@mrcocoloco7200]

Yeah almost the same story.

[@its_firas.]

@@mrcocoloco7200 thats a bit different tho

[@cartesian_doubt6230]

The Greeks have been in Crimea for much longer than the Tatars.

[@Joe-pb3ls]

Can anyone tell me which dog breed is at 12:58

[@nathanstempleton7754]

I think Putin should allow them their own territory in Crimea these are not the same fundamentalists from Chechnya or Dagestan they are a peaceful people.

[@jns6320]

Agreed. Putin is making a lot of enemies. He needs to start giving concessions otherwise there will be trouble for him.

[@nathanstempleton7754]

John Smith Putin needs the hearts of his people.

[@andreyz2436]

That would be problematic, because the Tatars just have a bunch of villages all over Crimea, while the rest live in larger cities with other nationalities. Would be unrealistic, and anyway what is a country of 300k Tatars going to do as independent nation? To be honest for such a small minority they already got many concessions which even the Kurds in Turkey don't get. Its also a myth that most Tatars are anti-Russian, in reality its the corrupt Medjlis with Dzhemilev who is making all the fuss and does not reflect the opinion of most Tatars.

[@andreyz2436]

***** Sure, its so much better to side with USA and Israel lol.

[@orhankaganturk4927]

They are Turkic people from steppes,and they have spirit like Kazakh or Mongol

[@ahmetbalaban3354]

crimia is Tatars Turkish... not russian... !!! dont forget 1944 !!!

[@godemperorfou-lu9305]

they are turkic

[@samvodopianov9399]

5:28 We still are one. Nothing will change that. Not even leaders.

[@efe9446]

7 million crimean tatars are living abroad. My grandfather is one of them living in turkey in eskişehir with a significant crimean tatar and bulgarian turk population.

[@tarkan5868]

My grand grandmother is one of them. She came to Bulgaria

[@sakyd]

Aga bir an Eskişehiri "Old City" diye çeviren zannettim.

[@CynthiaAttorney]

I love Vice, you are the most open news reporting on the planet.

[@thunder_bolt0741]

Crimean tatars has been living in Crimea since the time of Berke khan of Golden Horde. It has nothing to do with ottoman empire

[@user-eu3rs8qf5f]

It is false. Crimean Tatars are living there since Cumans.

[@andrarak7383]

that now in the Crimea with the Tatars ... the Crimean Tatar language has become one of the state languages, the Tatars have their own media in the Tatar language. the Tatars have quotas for all power structures. such quotas that there are not so many people willing to go to power. Mejlis does not recognize nature. Tatars have no problems in Crimea now. as there are no other 300 nationalities of Russia 🇷🇺

[@VoltageLP]

If crimean tatars ask for help they will get it... They just have to ask. Crimea is their land Ukrainians respect that

[@doejohn7445]

How do you know

[@alexanderlunev9215]

Russians do not respect? )

[@PopeTheBenedict]

This reporter is so obviously biased.

[@sethrogen949]

he got opinions from both sides so i do not think so.

[@Mish891]

how so?

[@Ukrainsky51]

Seth Rogen People can be biased even when they actually know both sides.

[@RoGoH308]

Please explain?

[@PopeTheBenedict]

RoGoH308 From minute 12:20 approximately, He asks: Reporter: Russian authorities is good news or bad news? Lady: I wouldn't say it's very good news but we hope for the best Then, they edit and appears making an assumption with the question in a different way again: Reporter: Why are you afraid?Why is this bad news? Lady:.... I don't know. So obviously, the first answer didn't go with the script and you manipulate? Cheap.... But hey, it's on HBO. What can you expect? Besides, just looking at the rest of the documentaries is enough to realize that this is more of a political propaganda than anything else.

[@ct4074]

Thanks for your excellent documentary on the Tatar people. Bring us an update, now that the soviets are back unlawfully.

[@andreyz2436]

The Crimea was handed to Ukraine unlawfully, and the Ukrainians neglected Crimea for 23 years, they don't deserve it and was never theirs in the first place.

[@IKingRonin]

4:30 wise man

[@charonsferryold]

Forget the Victory Parade, the Tartars should do a February Revolution reenactment.