Dec. 11, 2025

Decolonizing Ukraine: The Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom. Talking with Professor Greta Lynn Uehling

Decolonizing Ukraine: The Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom. Talking with Professor Greta Lynn Uehling

The Crimean Tatars have inhabited the Crimean Peninsula for almost 1000 years. However, successive annexation and colonization of Crimea by Russia, saw the Tatar population decimated by famine and deportation to Uzbekistan. But Ukraine has breathed new life into Tatar autonomy.

In today's podcast, Professor Uehling references a letter writing campaign directed to families and other men and women in Crimea and Ukraine. If you wish to reach out by writing to the people who are often on the frontlines of the war with Russia , go to this website for more information : Crimea-Platform.org