Koreiz, Crimea, Ukraine. Mariam, the daughter of the local imam Fevsi Tasinov, plays with her dog outside the house.
Annovka village, Crimea, Ukraine. Aishe Kurtametova on her doorstep. She said it was a mistake to come back to Crimea because her life right now is terrible. She's ill with a low pension and her sons are ill too.
Kutlak village, Crimea, Ukraine. Interior of Zahde Hussenovas' home.
Annovka village, Crimea, Ukraine. Merdie Harachih with her daughter and 2 of her sisters' daughters.
Alexeyevka, Crimea, Ukraine. Esma Rustemov in her kitchen.
Berlek settlement, outskirts of Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine. One of the houses at sunset.
Shernovo village, Crimea, Ukraine. Akim Adjeumerov smoking a cigarette in front of his house.
Koreiz, Crimea, Ukraine. A moment of prayer inside the local mosque.
Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine. A portrait of Daniyal Ametov, Crimean Tatars protest leader.
Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine. The bride from a Crimean Tatar wedding and her friends right outside the mosque in Bakhchisaray Palace.
Bakhchisaray, Crimea, Ukraine. A Crimean Tatar men working ceramic inside the Handmade Craft Center. This center is run by Crimean Tatars to continue the tradition in ceramics and other crafts.
Lenino, Crimea, Ukraine. Muzine Gazieva with her daughters Sevilya (L) and Liyna (R). She's 76 years old, was deported in 1944 and came back in 1990. Her daughters were born in Uzbekistan and arrived in Crimea in 1990.
Sari Bash, Crimea, Ukraine. Crimean Tatars women walking in the main road. Sari Bash was the first village where Crimean Tatars were allowed to return after deportation.
Annovka village, Crimea, Ukraine. A view of a field outside the village.
Berlek settlement, outskirts of Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine. A portrait of Remzi Seidametov, 76 years old, he was deported the first time in 1944 and the second time in 1980. In 1977 he came back to Crimea buying with his money an house near Simferopol and lived there for 4 years, then the police took him and he had to leave again.
Lenino, Crimea, Ukraine. Interior of the house of Gazieva family.
Beloe village, Crimea, Ukraine. Zarema Nafijeva sewing a curtain in her living room. She has been living in this house since 1992 when she arrived from Uzbekistan.
Karachol village, Crimea, Ukraine. A portrait of Djebbar Kokosh, 92 years old. When he was young he joined the Red Army and in 1939 was put in a concentration camp for 2 years. He managed to escape but was caught and kept in Austria untill the end of the war; he was arrested and kept in various places all across the Soviet Union for 11 years. Then he went to Uzbekistan and returned to Crimea in 1989.
Alexeyevka village, Crimea, Ukraine. Serveer Bekirov, a Crimean Tatar activist, takes a swin in a canal just ouside the village.
Kazantip village, Crimea, Ukraine. Pieces of sheep on a table inside the house of Bulatov family. They returned from Uzbekistan in 1990 and they had to build this house because their old one was not given back to them. In this area there used to be 75% of Tatars before deportation, now just 3 families are left.
Maganom beach, just outside Sudak, Crimea, Ukraine. Suliman and Emin came to Crimea in 1990, they live in Sudak but work at the local beach.
A view over Taraktash village, Crimea, Ukraine.
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