Returning Crimean Tatars helped secure support for Ukrainian independence in Crimea
Tens of thousands of Crimean Tatars returned to their homeland in the final months of the Soviet Union and helped ensure that Crimea backed Ukrainian independence in the Dec. 1, 1991 referendum, Refat Chubarov, chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, told Radio NV.
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