In 1941, the policy affected Soviet Finns and Germans; in 1943, the Karachays and Kalmyks were forcibly relocated; in 1944, massive deportation affected the Chechens, Ingush, Balkars, Crimean Tatars, Crimean Greeks, Meskhetian Turks, Kurds and Khemshils; and finally, the Black Sea Greeks were moved in 1949 and 1950.
Hardback
Publication Date: 30/05/1999
Between 1937 and 1949, Joseph Stalin deported more than two million people of 13 naitonalities from their homelands to remote areas of the USSR. His regime perfected the crime of ethnic cleansing as an adjunct to its security policy during those decades. Based upon material recently released from Soviet archives, this study describes the mass deportation of these minorities, their conditions in exile, and their eventual release. It includes a large amount of statistical data on the number of people deported; deaths and births in exile; and the the role of the exiles in developing the economy of remote areas of the Soviet Union. The first wholesale deportation involved the Soviet Koreans, relocated to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to prevent them from assisting Japanese spies and saboteurs. The success of this operation led the secret police to adopt, as standard procedure, the deportation of whole ethnic groups suspected of disloyalty to the Soviet state.
In 1941, the policy affected Soviet Finns and Germans; in 1943, the Karachays and Kalmyks were forcibly relocated; in 1944, massive deportation affected the Chechens, Ingush, Balkars, Crimean Tatars, Crimean Greeks, Meskhetian Turks, Kurds and Khemshils; and finally, the Black Sea Greeks were moved in 1949 and 1950.
In 1941, the policy affected Soviet Finns and Germans; in 1943, the Karachays and Kalmyks were forcibly relocated; in 1944, massive deportation affected the Chechens, Ingush, Balkars, Crimean Tatars, Crimean Greeks, Meskhetian Turks, Kurds and Khemshils; and finally, the Black Sea Greeks were moved in 1949 and 1950.
- ISBN:
- 9780313309212
- 9780313309212
- Category:
- European history
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 30-05-1999
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 200
- Dimensions (mm):
- 235x156x12mm
- Weight:
- 0.4kg
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