Karachai. and Kalmyks as "suffering people." But he did not mention the Crimean Tatars or the Volga Germans as rehabilitated. In February 1957. the Supreme Soviet of nationalities issued a decree to restore national autonomy to the displaced minorities. With certain restrictions. members of the restored exiled groups were allowed to return to their homeland. Although the offer appeared generous. it soon became apparent that the experiences of the deportees had not turned them into model Soviet citizens. and that control still had to be exercised by trustworthy Russians. Yet several sizable nationalities. the Jews. Volga Germans. and Crimean Tatars. still have no national territory in the multinational Soviet state.
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