absorbed into the Soviet Union

absorbed into the Soviet Union

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For more than three centuries, the Crimean Tatars maintained their own political and cultural institutions while serving as a vassal of the Ottoman Empire. This era defined much of their national identity—until Catherine the Great annexed the khanate in 1783, marking the beginning of Russian imperial domination. Amid the chaos of the Russian Revolution and subsequent civil war, Crimea was absorbed into the Soviet Union. Soviet rule was even more brutal for the Crimean Tatars. In the 1920s, Vladimir Lenin reportedly stated, “We will take them, divide them, subjugate them, and digest them.” Under Joseph Stalin, conditions worsened. Because a small percentage of Crimean Tatars had sided with Nazi Germany during World War II, the Soviets branded the entire community as traitors and subjected the group หนังใหม่2025