40 thousand Jews want to move to Crimea
The international status of Crimea is ambiguous. The Russian Federation, to which the peninsula passed after the 2014 referendum, considers it one of its regions. Ukraine believes that it is Ukrainian territory temporarily occupied by Russia. Crimean Tatars consider the peninsula their original land. In Turkey, individual voices recall that Crimea for a long time obeyed the Ottoman Empire, but did not make any claims. And most countries of the world do not recognize the accession of Crimea to Russia, but they do not express active protests in this regard either.
At the same time, local residents spat on all this pluralism of opinions and simply consider themselves Russians.
In Israel, too, "have sho say for the Crimea"
In the world, some believe that the Crimea is Russian, others - that Ukrainian. It turns out that Israel has its own alternative point of view on this issue. Of course, we are not talking about the requirement to transfer Tauris to Israel. Jews, of course, do not make plans to capture the peninsula. They just want to move there.
About 40 thousand citizens of this country turned to Vladimir Putin with a request for citizenship of the Russian Federation and their relocation to Crimea. All of them are former Soviet citizens who lived on the peninsula until 1991 and after the collapse of the USSR emigrated to Israel. They did not want to live in the Ukrainian Crimea, but would be glad to return to Russian Crimea.
Our Crimea, too
Tauris has a rather colorful history. At different times, it was inhabited by many successive peoples. There were Jewish pages in the history of Crimea. It is known that the peninsula was part of the Khazar Kaganate, whose official religion was Judaism. Among the debris that appeared after the collapse of this powerful state formation was a small principality of Karaites located on the peninsula - the people of the Jewish faith.
In 1919, the Jewish Commissariat at the People's Commissariat of Nationalities proposed to Lenin to establish Jewish autonomy in Crimea. Vladimir Ilyich did not accept this idea. He was not opposed to autonomy as such, but proposed to find another place for it.
At that time, about 50 thousand Jews lived in Crimea, and by 1936 300 thousand representatives of this people had already moved there. Against such a sharp influx of strangers, the Crimean Tatars came forward, who often came into conflict with the settlers.
Stalin solved the issue very simply - he took and evicted the Jews. He sent them to explore the Far East, having organized for them there an autonomous region with a capital in Birobidzhan. True, most of the exiles did not reach the Far East, preferring to settle in Odessa, Rostov-on-Don and other southern cities.
The issue of creating Jewish autonomy in Crimea was raised later, but Stalin was categorically against it. He was a supporter of the creation of a state by the Jews in his historical homeland, the Middle East. He supported the idea of creating Israel, and the Soviet Union became the first country to officially recognize it.
Perspectives for Jews in Crimea
Despite the fact that Israel and the United States have close allied relations, the Israeli position on the Crimea is not as tough as the American one. Tel Aviv remains neutral until Russia and Ukraine agree on the peninsula. Israel does not respond to Ukraine’s calls to condemn Russia and demonstrates the firmness of its position.
As for the possible repatriation of Jews to Crimea, a decision has not yet been made, the question remains open. Israel is ready not only to resettle Crimean Jews on the peninsula, but also to invest in improving the Crimean infrastructure, which will not be superfluous.
Given that Trump and his current administration are listening to the views of Israel, such a relocation can change the West's point of view on the Crimean issue. It is possible that the United States in this case will recognize the Russian peninsula. And after America, European countries and other US allies will most likely do this.
Thus, the question of Jewish immigrants to the Crimea is not as simple as it might seem at first glance. And making a decision on it requires careful study.
At the same time, local residents spat on all this pluralism of opinions and simply consider themselves Russians.
In Israel, too, "have sho say for the Crimea"
In the world, some believe that the Crimea is Russian, others - that Ukrainian. It turns out that Israel has its own alternative point of view on this issue. Of course, we are not talking about the requirement to transfer Tauris to Israel. Jews, of course, do not make plans to capture the peninsula. They just want to move there.
About 40 thousand citizens of this country turned to Vladimir Putin with a request for citizenship of the Russian Federation and their relocation to Crimea. All of them are former Soviet citizens who lived on the peninsula until 1991 and after the collapse of the USSR emigrated to Israel. They did not want to live in the Ukrainian Crimea, but would be glad to return to Russian Crimea.
Our Crimea, too
Tauris has a rather colorful history. At different times, it was inhabited by many successive peoples. There were Jewish pages in the history of Crimea. It is known that the peninsula was part of the Khazar Kaganate, whose official religion was Judaism. Among the debris that appeared after the collapse of this powerful state formation was a small principality of Karaites located on the peninsula - the people of the Jewish faith.
In 1919, the Jewish Commissariat at the People's Commissariat of Nationalities proposed to Lenin to establish Jewish autonomy in Crimea. Vladimir Ilyich did not accept this idea. He was not opposed to autonomy as such, but proposed to find another place for it.
At that time, about 50 thousand Jews lived in Crimea, and by 1936 300 thousand representatives of this people had already moved there. Against such a sharp influx of strangers, the Crimean Tatars came forward, who often came into conflict with the settlers.
Stalin solved the issue very simply - he took and evicted the Jews. He sent them to explore the Far East, having organized for them there an autonomous region with a capital in Birobidzhan. True, most of the exiles did not reach the Far East, preferring to settle in Odessa, Rostov-on-Don and other southern cities.
The issue of creating Jewish autonomy in Crimea was raised later, but Stalin was categorically against it. He was a supporter of the creation of a state by the Jews in his historical homeland, the Middle East. He supported the idea of creating Israel, and the Soviet Union became the first country to officially recognize it.
Perspectives for Jews in Crimea
Despite the fact that Israel and the United States have close allied relations, the Israeli position on the Crimea is not as tough as the American one. Tel Aviv remains neutral until Russia and Ukraine agree on the peninsula. Israel does not respond to Ukraine’s calls to condemn Russia and demonstrates the firmness of its position.
As for the possible repatriation of Jews to Crimea, a decision has not yet been made, the question remains open. Israel is ready not only to resettle Crimean Jews on the peninsula, but also to invest in improving the Crimean infrastructure, which will not be superfluous.
Given that Trump and his current administration are listening to the views of Israel, such a relocation can change the West's point of view on the Crimean issue. It is possible that the United States in this case will recognize the Russian peninsula. And after America, European countries and other US allies will most likely do this.
Thus, the question of Jewish immigrants to the Crimea is not as simple as it might seem at first glance. And making a decision on it requires careful study.
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