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yes1111Amet-khan Sultan was a Soviet fighter and test pilot whose mother was Crimean Tatar. He claimed his first victory on 31 May 1942, ramming a Junkers Ju-88 with his Hawker Hurricane. When Crimea was liberated from Nazis, Amet-khan went to his native Alupka for vacation. There, on May 18, 1944, he became witness of the forced deportation of the Crimean tatars. Just in three days 200 thousand people were deported from their native land. Amet-khan devoted the rest of his life to fighting for the rights of Crimean Tatars.
The Government of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance created videos telling stories of outstanding Ukrainians in the WW2. Directed by Oles Sanin. Multilingual translation done by InformNapalm team (text by Gennadiy Kornev, voice by Volodymyr Solohub, sound editing by Victor Ogryzko, video editing and mastering by Andriy Garin).
Original video with the Ukrainian soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ablNf...
The project videos are based on the footage of the Central State Cinema Archive of Ukraine named after Gordiy Semenovych Pshenychnyi, British Pathé, Crimean ATR TV Channel and the personal archives of Akhtem Seitablayev, 1+1 TV Channel, Espresso TV Channel and the National Museum of the Great Patriotic War.
Television quality videos are available for download at: http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/uk/publ...