because the original Polish Tatar community suffered horrific casualties during World War II. More than half of present-day Polish Tatars live in the area of Białystok, while the rest are spread out ...

In the following centuries, the Tatars fought at the Battle of Vienna, as well as supported efforts to regain Polish and Lithuanian independence. However, after World War II, many Tatars were unable ...

Crimea was home to Turkic-speaking Tatars when the Russian empire first ... 1945 to discuss the fate of Germany and Europe after World War II. For Kyiv, Crimea had been a strategic asset, too.

"Given that the Russian-speaking population is subject to pressure in certain countries, I can say I have more confidence in the future of Tatars in Crimea than in the future of Russians ...

Russia's illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and bloodless, but it sent Moscow's relations with the West into a downward spiral ...