The occupiers violated authenticity: the historian says that the Khan’s Palace cannot be included in the UNESCO list

“If we are talking about the material heritage, then after 1944 we have crumbs left, but they are also crumbling now. More precisely, they are simply systematically destroyed, erasing the historical and genetic memory of Crimean Tatars from the territory of Crimea itself. In particular, we are losing the Khan Palace, which can no longer be included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, because the authenticity of the building has been violated. We know that UNESCO has not been able to do anything even with Chersonesus Tavria, which is also being destroyed, and it is already on the list,” Abdulaeva said.

In her opinion, after the deoccupation of Crimea, Ukraine will need to use the world experience of restoring historical monuments.

“The world has experience in restoring historical monuments. For example, Warsaw was completely destroyed and rebuilt. I think that the same will happen with Crimea – we will restore it. But we must be prepared for the fact that we will face a very large scale of destruction,” the historian noted.

Read also: The restored fragment of the sarcophagus of the first Crimean Khan was handed over to the “Crimean House” As reported by Ukrinform, in the temporarily occupied Crimea, under the guise of “restoration works”, construction is taking place in the Bakhchisarai Khan’s Palace, the purpose of which is to destroy the authenticity of the monument.