2025. no 4. Safiye Abduramanova

The fate of the Bakhchisarai Museum’s collection after the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people in 1944

Safiye Abduramanova
Bakhchisarai Historical, Cultural and Archaeological Museum-Preserve

Abstract. The article examines the consequences of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944, using the example of the museum collection of the Bakhchisarai Khan’s Palace. The museum`s surviving archival documents, which reflect the exhibits that disappeared during the war, were examined, and the list of items moved to the “ethnographic warehouse” were studied. The work on the search and identification of objects was carried out, scientific expertise and preventive conservation was made. The newly discovered exhibits, which are the most valuable heritage on the history and culture of the Crimean Tatars, were added to the collection of the Bakhchisarai museum-preserve.

Keywords: Crimean Tatars, deportation, museum, Bakhchisarai, Khan’s Palace

For citation: Abduramanova S.N. The fate of the Bakhchisarai Museum’s collection after the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people in 1944. Krymskoe istoricheskoe obozrenie=Crimean Historical Review. 2025, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 169–178. DOI: 10.22378/kio.2025.4.169-178 (In Russian)

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About the author: Safie N. Abduramanova – Head of the Funds Department, Bakhchisarai Historical, Cultural and Archeological Museum-Preserve (133, Rechnaya Str., Bakhchisarai 298405, Russian Federation); ORCID: 0009-0000-9916-4774; sofiaplus@mail.ru

Received 15.07.2025

Accepted 15.08.2025