We are Crimea #WeAreCrimea

We are Crimea is a project about Crimea we love, we miss, and we are waiting to come back

“We are Crimea” project - the collaboration of the Ukrainian Institute* and Ukraїner**.

We show Crimea through the eyes of people who cannot be there because of temporary occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. Akhtem Seitablaiev, Mustafa Jemilev, Oleg Sentsov, Jamala told what they remember about Crimea and how this loss affected them. The project focuses on people’s lives after the occupation, people’s rights violation, and persecutions in Crimea.

Mustafa Jemilev  is a political and public figure, one of the leaders of the Crimean Tatar national movement. His family survived rozkurkulennya in the 1930s and was deported from Crimea, their homeland, in the 1940s. Mustafa was expelled from the university and later put on trial for his political views, and later even taken to court. He had been imprisoned for fifteen years.

Since Ukraine became independent, he has played an active role in political life and has proposed dozens of legislation drafts. Due to the Russian occupation, this world-renowned human rights activist has not been able to visit his homeland for several years now.

In the project We Are Crimea created by @UkrainianInstitute and @ukrainer_net, the heroes in VR glasses look at sights in Crimea that are important for them, share their memories and memorable stories about their native peninsula.

“We are Crimea” is the joint project of @UkrainianInstitute & @ukrainer about Crimea we love, we miss, we are waiting to come back.

Read Jemilev’s story and watch VR-video on the Ukraїner website      https://ukrainer.net/mustafa-jemilev-and-his-crimea/