 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - maMuslim eCrimea akaiswa pasi pekudzingwa kwevanhu vazhinjimuna 1944 apo Joseph Stalin akavapomera kubatana neGermany yeNazi. Vanhu vokuCrimean Tatars vanopfuura 200 000 vakaendeswa kuCentral Asia, kunyanya kuUzbek SSR. Zvinofungidzirwa kuti vanopfuura 100 000 vakaendeswa kune dzimwe nyika vakafa nenzara kana kuti nezvirwere nemhaka yokudzingwa. Zvinhu nenharaunda zvakasiyiwa nemaCrimean Tatars zvakatorwa nevazhinji verudzi rweRussia avo vakagariswazve nezviremera zveSoviet, zvichitungamira mukuchinja kukuru kwehuwandu muCrimea. Kunyange zvazvo chirevo cheSoviet cha1967 chakabvisa kupomerwa kwevaTatar vokuCrimea munguva yehondo, hurumende yeSoviet haina kuita chinhu kuti iite kuti vagarezve muCrimea, uye kudzorerwa kwevaTatar vokuCrimea kumusha kwavo kwakatanga muna 1989. 