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24-06-2009 10:55 Crimea commemorates displaced Armenians, Bulgarians, Greeks
Crimea has today commemorated the Armenians, Bulgarians and Greeks that were forcibly displaced from the peninsula 65 years ago.
Representatives of the Armenian, Bulgarian and Greek national and cultural communities, as well as the Crimean residents have gathered together at the Simferopol railway station to commemorate the victims of the deportation 1944 and lay flowers to a memorable plaque. On May 18, 1944, the Stalin regime forcibly displaced about 200,000 of the Crimea Tatars from Crimea. They were accused of collaboration with the fascists. On June 24, 1944 the same happened to the Armenians, Bulgarians and Greeks.
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