ANNOTATIONThe aged people still remember the cases, which became as incurable wounds in lives of many peoples of former Soviet Union was governed by Stalin. The hundred thousands of the Ukrainians, Poles, Byelorussians, Germans, Bulgarians, Armenians, Greeks as “traitors” from ancestral lands were deported. 250 000 Crimean Tatars weren’t avoided by hostile eye of “father of all peoples”. On 18 May 1944, they as “traitors and the Nazi invaders collaborators” during years of a fascist occupation, were deported from Crimea, mostly to Uzbekistan, where they lived in special settlements with dream to return to historical homeland up to 1956. Currently they come back to Motherland. What kinds of problems do they encounter? The book “The return of Crimean Tatars. Chronicle of events” by Y. Tishenko and V.Pihovshik gives the answer for the questions, which was just published by Ukrainian Center of the political researches. The book is dedicated to modern history of the Crimean Tatar People, processes of a return and resettlement in context of the social – political situation in Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Some aspects of a formation of Crimean autonomy, main phases of a development of the relations between Central Ukrainian government and local bodies of government in Crimea are investigated. The central part of book is dedicated to the development of Crimean Tatar Movement in that period. The authors analyze the processes of repatriation and resettlement of Crimean Tatars during 90s, issues and ways of the solution of them, which were arising in that process. The laws and Government’s decrees on issues of a return and resettlement of former deported Crimean Tatars, official information concerning a financing of the process are published in the book. We are all the children of a single country. One land gave us a life and reared as well. And as children of a single mother, we are obliged to help each other, live in a peace, mutual assent and welfare. The book by Y.Tishenko and V.Pihovshik can be named as interesting organic analysis of a modern life of the smallish people, but which deserve a lucky destiny, with whom we will live further. The destiny of Crimean Tatars – is a fate of all nationalities of Ukraine, including Ukrainians. Thus, the work of named authors will be interested not only for persons concerning themselves in modern history of Crimean Tatar People and social-political processes in Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and those aren’t indifferent to fate of a state as a whole, its peace, welfare and prosperity in forthcoming century. Alena Trembitska |