On 25 June 1946 , it was downgraded to the Crimean Oblast , and the Crimean Tatars were deported for alleged collaboration with the Nazi forces . A total of more than 230,000 people – about a fifth of the total population of the Crimean Peninsula at that time – were deported , mainly to Uzbekistan . 14,300 Greeks , 12,075 Bulgarians , and about 10,000 Armenians were also expelled
Crimean Tatars were deported
Deportation of the Crimean Tatars
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