Tatars once dominated Crimea ... Dzhelyal’s father, Enver, was six in 1944. His family ended up in the sun-scorched Uzbek city of Navoi, where he would work at a chemical plant and meet Nariman ...

But the bond between Crimean Tatars and their homeland is strong. So much so that when news was announced of a resettling programme announced for Crimea in the 1970s, Elina’s family devised a plan.

They are cherished by each Crimean Tatar family and must be remembered by all generations to come.

Footage of the house feasts of a Tatar family intertwine with clips evidencing the destruction of the town of Shakhtarsk by the Russian troops in 2014, and with DIY videos made in 2003 by a girl ...