Musa Mamut

thumb|Musa Mamut Musa Mamut (20 February 1931 – 28 June 1978) was a Crimean Tatar exile who committed self-immolation in protest of the government's refusal to allow right of return. He posthumously became an icon of the Crimean Tatar civil rights movement and is seen as a martyr for the cause. Quotes "What I did will not be left without a response." —Said on 23 June 1978, the day he committed self-immolation. Source: Musa Mamut http://www.janpalach.cz/en/default/zive-pochodne/mamut Jan Palach, Living Torches 7 April 2021 "Someone had to do this" —Said on his deathbed. Source: Babenyshev, A. (1982). On Sakharov. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 250 Quotes about Mamut But it was the tragedy of Musa Mamut that clearly showed what tremendous restraint the [Crimean Tatar] people showed in their struggle. Vladimir Polyakov Source: Polyakov, Vladimir (1998). Крым. Судьбы народов и людей. p. 62. Но именно трагедия Мусы Мамута наглядно показала, какую огромную выдержку проявил народ в своей борьбе For the Crimean Tatars, his name is sacred, in the pantheon of martyrs and heroes, he occupies a special place. Natalya Dzyubenko-Meys Source: Dzyubenko-Meys, Natalya (20 June 2014). "Повернення Фенікса - Подвиг Муси Мамута". day.kyiv.ua. Для крымских татар его имя священно, в пантеоне мучеников и героев он занимает особое место. External links Category:1931 births Category:1978 deaths Category:Suicides Category:Civil rights activists Category:Martyrs Category:Crimean Tatars