Crimean Tatar diaspora
Part of a series on Crimean Tatars By region or country Bulgaria Romania Turkey United States Uzbekistan Religion Sunni Islam (Hanafi) Languages and dialects Crimean Tatar History Khanate (1441–1783) Taurida Oblast (1783–1796) Taurida Governorate (1802–1917) People's Republic (1917–1918) Crimean ASSR (1921–1945) Sürgün (1944) Crimean Oblast (1945–1991) Autonomous Republic (1991–) Republic of Crimea (2014–) People and groups List Biographies Khans Mejlis Milliy Firqa v t e The Crimean Tatar diaspora dates back to the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 1783, after which Crimean Tatars emigrated in a series of waves spanning the period from 1783 to 1917. The diaspora was largely the result of the destruction of their social and economic life as a consequence of integration into the Russian Empire. The Soviet Union brought about the final dispersal of Crimean Tatars in 1944, in the midst of World War II, when it deported all Tatars remaining in the Crimea to Central Asia. This populati...