Professor Michael Rywkin gives a figure of at least 42,000 Crimean Tatars who died between 1944 and 1951, including 7,900 who died during the transit Professor Brian Glyn Williams gives a figure of between 40,000 and 44,000 deaths as a consequence of this deportation.
Professor Michael Rywkin estimates that at least 42,000 Crimean Tatars died between 1944 and 1951, with 7,900 fatalities during the transit. Professor Brian Glyn Williams suggests a death toll of between 40,000 and 44,000 due to this deportation.