Lenin Bayrag？: ‘between two fires'

Crimean Tatars were en masse deported throughout the USSR from Crimea in 1944. They were forced to live in ‘special settlements’ regime until 1956. After this regime was lifted, some national cultural institutions like the newspaper Lenin Bayrag？ were established. This article discusses the importance of Lenin Bayrag？ for Crimean Tatars in exile as a unique publication and its relationship with the National Movement. The document analysis and the interviews show how Lenin Bayrag？ helped Crimean Tatars protect and develop their national language and find ways to keep alive the memory of Crimea among people despite harsh censorship