Some Tatars also see a religious element in their shoddy treatment: Muslim graves were desecrated in April last year, and for the past five years the Tatars have struggled unsuccessfully for an ...

The Tatars once ruled Crimea and their armies and those of the Mongols even sacked Moscow in the 14th and 15th centuries. They fell under Russian domination in 1783 when Crimea was taken from the ...

People hold Crimean Tatar flags at a rally near the parliament building in Simferopol on February 26, 2014. Many Crimean Tatars plan to boycott the referendum on rejoining Russia.

Today Crimean Tatars make up between 12 and 13 percent of the peninsula's population and Tatar landmarks such as the Khan's palace in the town of Bakhchysarai.

Crimean Tatars were prohibited from returning to their homeland until the late 1980s, and were granted a degree of protection and recognition from the Ukrainian authorities.

The history of the Crimean Tatars has taught them to tread carefully. Periods of persecution and exodus, mainly at Russian hands, have characterized the Muslim ethnic minority’s story from at ...

Ukrainian men help pull one another out of a stampede during clashes at rallies held by ethnic Russians and Crimean Tatars near the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol.

The September 2023 appointment of Rustem Umerov as Ukraine's defense minister was well received at home and abroad. Noted for his youth and corruption-free record, the 41-year-old has been a top ...

Tomas Tatar was traded to the Seattle Kraken by the Colorado Avalanche on Friday for a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft. The forward, 33, has nine points (one goal, eight assists) in 27 ...

Russian modern policy in the occupied territory of Crimea continues the genocidal practices of the Soviet era, informs the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people. On the Day of Remembrance of the ...

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that the organization has agreed to terms with forward Tomas Tatar on a one-year contract for the upcoming 2023-24 season. Tatar, 32 ...