The 'Young Tatar' movement in the Crimea: 1905-1909
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Date
1993Source Title
Cahiers du Monde Russe et Soviétique
Print ISSN
0008-0160
Publisher
EHESS
Volume
34
Issue
4
Pages
529 - 560
Language
English
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Abstract
During the 1905 revolution, a nationalist-revolutionary movement emerged among the Crimean Tatar
intelligentsia, whose members were called the "Young Tatars." Strongly influenced by the Russian
revolutionaries, the Young Tatars engaged in a political and social struggle involving a network of
underground cells, as well as legal publications and enlightenment activities. They introduced the
political concept of "fatherland," defined by the Crimea, thereby providing a territorial basis for national
identity. While endorsing broader Turkic and Islamic allegiances, they concentrated primarily on the
Crimean Tatar people as the starting point of their national identity.