Lithuania’s parliament has recognized the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 by the government of the Soviet Union as an act of genocide.
RFE/RL: Lithuania recognizes 1944 Soviet deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide
People react during a memorial ceremony on the Independence square in Kyiv on May 18, 2019 in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the deportation of the indigenous population of the Crimea by the Soviet Union. Crimea's Tatars commemorate today 75 years since their deportation by Soviet dictator Stalin in 1944.
