National Division of Crimean Tatars
Национальное движения крымских татар
AbbreviationNDKT
LeaderYuri Osmanov
Founded1987 (1987)
Dissolved1993 (1993)
HeadquartersFergana, Uzbekistan
IdeologyCrimean autonomy
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionFar-left

The National Division of Crimean Tatars (Russian: Национальное движения крымских татар, NDKT) is a Crimean Tatar civil rights organization that was highly active in the late Soviet era.

History

Formally founded in 1987 from what was then the Fergana Initiative Group, it united various small-scale Crimean Tatar initiative groups in the Uzbek SSR, with the exception of the breakaways from the Dzhemilev faction (who called themselves the Central Initiative Group at the time). The platform consisted of recognition as a distinct ethnic group, full right of return to Crimea, and restoration of the Crimean ASSR – with Marxist-Leninism as the ideological central principle, in contrast to the pro-Western OKND. The organization fell into obscurity after the assassination of its leader Yuri Osmanov in 1993 and the subsequent rise of the Mejilis.[1][2][3][4][5][excessive citations]

References

  1. ^ Allworth, Edward (1998). The Tatars of Crimea: Return to the Homeland : Studies and Documents. Duke University Press. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-8223-1994-8.
  2. ^ Intercontinental Press, Volume 14. Intercontinental Press. 1976.
  3. ^ Guboglo, Mikhail (1992). Крымскотатарское национальное движение (in Russian). Moscow: Российская академия наук. pp. 316–318.
  4. ^ Uehling, Greta (2004). Beyond Memory: The Crimean Tatars' Deportation and Return. Springer. p. 259. ISBN 978-1-4039-8127-1.
  5. ^ Skutsch, Carl (2013). Encyclopedia of the World's Minorities. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-19388-1.
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