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Refat Mustafaev

Refat Mustafaev was a Crimean Tatar communist who served as a regional party secretary and battalion commissar in the Crimean resistance during World War II. After the Nazi troops were forced out of Crimea he was still subject to deportation to Kokand in the Surgun, forcing him to live away from him homeland of Crimea for the rest of his life because of his Crimean Tatar nationality. He was an activist for the right of return from the early days of the Crimean Tatar civil rights movement.

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Refat Mustafaev
Native name
Refat Şemsedin oğlu Mustafayev
Born1908 or 1911
Büyük Yanköy, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire
Died24 May 1984
Andijan, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
Branch
Red Army
Rank
Captain
Conflicts
World War II
AwardsMedal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War" 1st class

Refat Mustafaev (Crimean Tatar: Refat Şemsedin oğlu Mustafayev, Russian: Рефат Шемсединович Мустафаев; 1911 – 1984) was a Crimean Tatar communist who served as a regional party secretary and battalion commissar in the Crimean resistance during World War II. After the Nazi troops were forced out of Crimea he was still subject to deportation to Kokand in the Surgun, forcing him to live away from him homeland of Crimea for the rest of his life because of his Crimean Tatar nationality. He was an activist for the right of return from the early days of the Crimean Tatar civil rights movement.123

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