Abstract
The purpose of the publication is to represent, through the prism of people's fate, the tragic history of the Meskhetian Turks, who were deported to the republics of Central Asia by the totalitarian communist government in 1944 from their historical homeland – Meskhetia in southern Georgia. In 1989, due to an inter-ethnic conflict artificially created by the soviet authorities, they were forced to flee and leave their homes for the second time. Having settled mainly in Donbas, they again became forced migrants, this time due to the beginning of the russian-Ukrainian war in 2014 and the large-scale invasion of the russian federation into Ukraine in 2022. It is emphasized that, despite everything, for many centuries Meskhetian Turks have preserved their customs and culture. It must be emphasized that the soviet past had a negative impact on the development of the community. The respondents provided important information about the deportation, the crimes of the soviet and russian authorities against the Meskhetian Turks, their life and daily life in the territories of Georgia, Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan), Ukraine (Donbas), the attitude of the local population, education, religion, peculiarities of preservation of customs, traditions and culture, quantity and many other things.
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