A partial list of notable Crimean Tatars, in alphabetical order: Civil rights activists Reşat Amet – murdered activist Mustafa Dzhemilev – leader of the Mejlis Emir-Usein Kuku – human rights defender Musa Mamut – committed self-immolation in protest of being forced to leave Crimea Server Mustafayev – human rights defender Yuri Osmanov – one of the founders of the National Movement of Crimean Tatars; assassinated Ayshe Seitmuratova – activist for right of return who were deported as young children Ali Osman Becmambet- national hero of the Tatars in Dobrogea ( Romania ) Military personnel Alime Abdenanova – Soviet spy during World War II Teyfuq Abdul – battalion commander in the Red Army during World War II; Hero of the Soviet Union Seitnebi Abduramanov – platoon commander in the Red Army during World War II Uzeir Abduramanov – sapper in the Red Army during World War II; Hero of the Soviet Union Fetislyam Abilov – regimental commander during World War II; belatedly declared Hero of the Soviet Union in 1990 Umer Adamanov – partisan detachment leader who defended Polish villages from the SS Ismail Bulatov – Major-general Emir Chalbash – flying ace Dzhevdet Dermendzhi – infantry officer, nominated for title Hero of the Soviet Union Nuri Dzhelilov – tank officer, nominated for title Hero of the Soviet Union Amet-khan Sultan – flying ace, test pilot, and double Hero of the Soviet Union Kenan Kutub-zade – Red Army World War II cameraman who filmed scenes in Auschwitz used in the Nuremberg trials Refat Mustafaev – battalion commissar and partisan leader Mansur Mazinov – first Crimean Tatar pilot Abdraim Reshidov – decorated Pe-2 pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union; told KGB that he would commit self-immolation during a public holiday if he was forced to remain in exile. Seytnafe Seytveliyev – sergeant in the Red Army; Hero of the Soviet Union Dzhafer Osman Topchi – infantry officer, twice nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union Asan Khaliev – Red Army sniper with over 240 kills Politicians Kázím Abdulakim – former Deputy Mayor of Constanța and a Member of the Romanian Parliament Ruslan Balbek – Member of the Russian Duma Noman Çelebicihan – first President of the Crimean People's Republic Refat Çubarov – Chairman of the Mejlis Cemil Çiçek – Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey Dimitrie Cantemir, from Cantemir dynasty – voivode of Moldova Fahrettin Kerim Gökay – governor of