Central Asia . Stalin ’ s order was based on the accusation that Crimean Tatars betrayed the Red Army and collaborated with the Nazis . The next step of Stalin ’ s nationalistic policy concerned the other ethnicities of Crimea , particularly the Armenians , Greeks and Bulgarians . Shortly after the deportation of Crimean Tatars , according to the decree of the State Defense Committee No . 5984 TS ( top secret ) of June 2 , 1944 , during the so-called “ second special resettlement ”, Armenians , Greeks and Bulgarians were deported from Crimea . Every representative of those ethnicities , regardless of their gender , age , service to the Soviet regime , the former partisans , disabled people , veterans , members of the Communist party , family members of Red Army soldiers , etc . were forcibly taken away from the peninsula . Around 10,000 Armenians were deported from Crimea ( Grigoryants 2004 ). The pretext used for the deportation was once again the accusation of conspiring against the Red Army ( Mirzoyan and Mirzoyan 2019 ). The literature has adequately addressed the issue of deportation . However , there is a lack in of academic research with regards to the Armenians in Crimea from 1944 up to the 1980s . As almost all the Armenians were deported from the peninsula , there was no community as such , hence the absence of the community resulted in the gap in academic literature .
Although in 1956 a decision was made that allowed the deported peoples to move from their deported destinations ( except returning to Crimea ) there were still not many Armenians in Crimea till 1989 . The situation changed after that . The Spitak earthquake in Armenia in 1988 , the Sumgait pogroms and the struggle of Nagorno-Karabakh for self-determination became a psychological impetus for ethnic consolidation . After the creation of the “ Crimean Armenian Community ”, the efforts of the organization were aimed at consolidating the Armenian community in Crimea and since then they have been implementing various initiatives aimed at strengthening the Armenian community of the peninsula . The urge to assist Armenians who suffered from the 1988 earthquake and the Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan became a decisive factor for ethnic mobilization . The newly created “ Crimean Armenian Community ” took the responsibility of taking care of 6000 Armenians who moved to Crimea from the disaster zone ( Grigoryants 2004 ).
The existing literature on the period after the collapse of the Soviet Union adequately discusses the events which were happening in Crimea . With regards to the post-Soviet period , there are a number of articles in periodicals and websites . However , there is little academic research . The academic articles which discuss the events of 2014 and how Crimea went under the control of Russia mainly discuss
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