Early in the morning armed troops of the NKVD started knocking on the doors of Crimean Tatar houses and informing the inhabitants that they were to be deported.

• 1944年五月十八日前苏联内务部队NKVD开始组织性地集合克里米亚鞑靼人，逼迫他们远离世世代代的家园，流放到乌兹别克和西伯利亚乌拉尔。