Crimean
news 78.
(Mass
Media review for 2-7 October 2000).
Articles
are abridged.
News from Mejlis
Not re-division
but concession of a part of the plot.
Idea will be
discussed in the UN headquarters.
For lovers of
winter holidays.
Such holidays
must become a tradition.
News from Mejlis.
On September 30, a widened sitting of Mejlis was held in the building of
Council of Ministers of Crimea, where they discussed the draft "Regulations
for electing delegates of Kurultay of Crimean Tatar people".
Currently, there are several variants of the "Regulations"
draft. "Millet"* party proposes to elect Kurultay delegates according
to party roll, Kurultay working group proposes to elect 200 delegates according
to the majority system and the rest 50 delegates - according to the
proportional system, ÑTNMO (Crimean Tatar National Movement Organization)
supports the principal of fifty-fifty, which means that a half of the delegates
should be elected according to the party rolls and the second half - according
to the majority system. Most sitting speakers believed that it was expedient to
conduct elections according to the majority system.
Furthermore, the sitting participants were offered to discuss the draft
"Proposals on the issue of ensuring land plots to the Crimean
Tatars", which foresees legalization of creating a land fund and
determining a mechanism of assignation land to the private ownership.
They also presented a Minutes-Agreement between the Council of Crimean
Tatar people's representatives and the Council of Ministers to be discussed.
One of its clauses concerned the creating of Councils of Crimean Tatars'
representatives within district state administration in regions.
Leylya
Alyadinova, "Golos Kryma" ("Voice of Crimea"), #41 (360), 6
October 2000, p.1.
Our information:
*"Millet" ("Nation") party is one of Crimean Tatars'
political organizations, which aims at protecting Crimean Tatars' interests and
restoring their rights. It recognizes such representative organs as Kurultay
and Mejlis, but it has a negative attitude towards present composition of
Mejlis.
Politics, social sphere.
Not re-division but
concession of a part of the plot.
The President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma is expected to arrive in Crimea
in the first decade of October. He will be proposed to take part not only in
adopting the autonomy budget but also familiarize himself with fulfillment of
decisions on allotting land plots to the deported Crimean Tatars.
The talks about receiving land plots by the deported Crimean Tatars got
a proposal. Bakhchisaray district was chosen for holding the republic seminar
as it was called. It was here where they first had an idea to voluntarily
re-divide land among those who have already received it and Crimean Tatars
wishing to get their own land plots. The deputy of the head of district
administration Ilmi Umerov* briefly told us about how this idea came to their
minds and what it meant:
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The land division has been lawfully held between two
opposite positions, which means that there will be no re-division, and all 100
per cent of land must belong to the native people, Crimean Tatars, we have
found a consensus. We have reviewed all the reserve lands in the district, made
a proposal, made up graphics of holding meetings and gatherings. Residents just
don't understand us. Most of them are willing to divide their land plots and
give us certain parts. Thus, we will create a land fund, which will allow us to
balance the land division taking into account the Crimean Tatars.
Nataliya
Panasenko, "Krymskaya gazeta" ("The Crimean newspaper"),
#181 (16037), 3 October 2000, p.1-2.
Our information:
*Ilmi Umerov is also the head of Bakhchisaray regional mejlis.
From 1 till 5 October, the new coordinator of UN system, Permanent
representative of PD UN** in Ukraine, Douglas Gardener made a short-term visit
to Crimea. After meeting with the members of Verkhovna Rada of the autonomy,
leader of Council of Ministers of Crimea, MR. Gardener visited the opening
ceremony of the Center of non-formal education "Prospective" in
Belogorsk and officinal ceremony of accomplishing the project of providing
water in village Acropolis situated in Simferopol.
According to Mr. Gardener's words, the main goal of the UN system's
activity is providing aid to the Ukrainian government in order to preserve
peace and security in Crimea by means of ensuring the peaceful reintegration of
the deportees. One of the Program's short-term goals is to ensure support in
improving living standards in the field of health protection, education, water
main, public utilities and economic activity.
Lentara
Halilova, "Golos Kryma", ("The Voice of Crimea"), #41
(306), 6 October 2000, p.1.
Our information:
*Acropolis is one of the Simferopol suburb villages where the deportees live in
compact.
**PD
UN is the Program of Development of the United Nations'
Idea will be discussed in
the UN headquarters.
UN system coordinator, permanent representative of DP UN* in Ukraine
Douglas Gardener has approved of the proposal to hold an international
conference in Crimea under the aegis of United Nations Orgaization, devoted to
the issue of preventing interethnic conflicts.
The UN coordinator informed that his visit had an introductory
character. The situation in Crimea, according to Mr. Gardener's words, is paid
a great deal of attention by the UN system these days. From January 1, 2000 the
Program of Development of United Nations will pass to a new stage of work in
Crimea, which will span for 3-4 years. The idea of conducting a conference
aimed at studying the experience of preventing conflicts was approved by Mr.
Gardener. He also told he intended to discuss it in the UN headquarters.
"Krymskaya
gazeta" ("The Crimean newspaper"), #183 (16039), 5 October 2000,
p.1.
Tourism.
For lovers of winter
holidays.
Crimean center of winter tourism "Onyx-tour" has proposed a
winter tourist complex, created on the basis of a former military unit, which
is situated on the foothills of Chatyr-Dag.
The complex is even now prepared to welcome the lovers of winter
holidays. The most interesting site to attract tourists is one of the most
beautiful Crimean caves called
Emine-Bayir-Hosar. They have recently opened a "hall of idols"
and an underground palaeontologic museum having animals' bones found when the
cave was discovered.
The tourist base in the district of Marble cave has already been
prepared. One can spend a night here paying a very small sum of money, and it
is also possible to stay in cozy houses for a longer period of time. The ski
route is equipped with an electric elevator, they have also opened a center for
renting ski equipment.
L.Lebedeva,
"Krymskiye izvestiya" ("The Crimean news"), #183 (2187), 5
October 2000, p.1.
Meetings of fellow-villagers.
Such holidays must become a
tradition.
On September 16-17, two major holidays were celebrated on the Southern
coast of Crimea. One of them was held in Koreiz,
Chatal Khaya village. This village residents celebrated the ten-year
jubilee of their new Crimean Tatar village.
The artistic part of the jubilee was opened by the brass brand
"Yalta", which performed "Khaytarma".
Musicians played old melodies and songs in the course of the whole holiday.
No guest was left without treating. Hospitality, joy and happiness were
everywhere around the village.
* *
*
On September 17, the fellow-villagers of villages Derekoy, Autka and Ay-Vasil*
met in the Lower Ay-Vasil after a long
parting.
After the prayer and greeting speeches boys and girls from ensemble
"Khaytarma" wearing
colorful national costumes appeared on the stage (Dzhemile Osmanova is their
leader).
There were a lot of guests. The day was sunny and joyous. It was joyous
because people after so many years of parting and sufferings are again on their
native land and under their native sky.
Ayshe
Memeddzhanova, "Golos Kryma" ("The Voice of Crimea"), #41
(360), 6 October 2000, p.4.
On September 17, the meeting of Kyzyl-Koba
village residents was held in Simferopol district. The village doesn't exist
now, only the road to Kyzyl-Koba (Red
Cave) has remained. 30 residents of the former village met after 56 years of
parting. There were a lot of tears, joy and recollections. Osman-Veli said a
prayer, devoted to the perished during the war* and in exile. Riza, the village
musician performed fellow-villagers' favorite songs.
In 1942 the fascists burnt down the whole village and the residents left
for the woods. After the Crimea had been freed they returned to the burnt
village. And then was the deportation**… Kyzyl-Koba
village has been completely destroyed, but the native land remembers all of its
residents.
Osman
Osmanov, "Golos Kryma" ("The Voice of Crimea"), #41 (360),
6 October 2000, p.4.
Our information: *
The World War 2 is meant.
**1944
deportation, when the whole Crimean Tatar people was deported from Crimea to
the Middle Asia and Ural.