Operation Lentil
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Operation Lentil was the Soviet NKVD’s 1944 mass deportation operation that forcibly removed the entire Chechen and Ingush populations from their homeland to Central Asia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Operation Lentil canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3897012 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operation Lentil Context triple: [Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush (1944), alsoKnownAs, Operation Lentil]
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A.
Operation Grenade
Operation Grenade was a World War II Allied offensive in early 1945 in which U.S. forces crossed the Roer River to help encircle German troops west of the Rhine.
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B.
Operation Fredericus
Operation Fredericus was a German World War II offensive on the Eastern Front aimed at encircling and destroying Soviet forces in the Kharkov sector in May 1942.
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C.
Operation Hastings
Operation Hastings was a major 1966 U.S. Marine Corps offensive during the Vietnam War aimed at blocking North Vietnamese Army forces infiltrating into South Vietnam’s Quang Tri Province.
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D.
Operation Braunschweig
Operation Braunschweig was the German Wehrmacht’s 1942 summer offensive toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus oil fields, forming the central phase of the broader Case Blue campaign on the Eastern Front in World War II.
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E.
Operation Longcloth
Operation Longcloth was a 1943 long-range penetration raid by British Chindit forces behind Japanese lines in Burma during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operation Lentil Target entity description: Operation Lentil was the Soviet NKVD’s 1944 mass deportation operation that forcibly removed the entire Chechen and Ingush populations from their homeland to Central Asia.
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A.
Operation Grenade
Operation Grenade was a World War II Allied offensive in early 1945 in which U.S. forces crossed the Roer River to help encircle German troops west of the Rhine.
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B.
Operation Fredericus
Operation Fredericus was a German World War II offensive on the Eastern Front aimed at encircling and destroying Soviet forces in the Kharkov sector in May 1942.
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C.
Operation Hastings
Operation Hastings was a major 1966 U.S. Marine Corps offensive during the Vietnam War aimed at blocking North Vietnamese Army forces infiltrating into South Vietnam’s Quang Tri Province.
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D.
Operation Braunschweig
Operation Braunschweig was the German Wehrmacht’s 1942 summer offensive toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus oil fields, forming the central phase of the broader Case Blue campaign on the Eastern Front in World War II.
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E.
Operation Longcloth
Operation Longcloth was a 1943 long-range penetration raid by British Chindit forces behind Japanese lines in Burma during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NKVD operation
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Soviet deportation operation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Chechen-Ingush deportation
ⓘ
Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush (1944) ⓘ
surface form:
Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush
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| appliesToJurisdiction | Chechen-Ingush ASSR ⓘ |
| carriedOutBy |
Soviet Internal Troops
ⓘ
surface form:
NKVD internal troops
Red Army units ⓘ Soviet state security organs ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet security forces
|
| codename | Operation Lentil self-link ⓘ |
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| deathToll |
high mortality due to hunger, cold, and disease
ⓘ
tens of thousands ⓘ |
| destination |
Kazakh SSR
ⓘ
Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Kyrgyz SSR
|
| endTime | 1944-03-09 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
long-term exile of Chechens in Central Asia
ⓘ
long-term exile of Ingush in Central Asia ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Soviet policy toward ethnic and religious minorities
ⓘ
surface form:
Stalinist nationalities policy
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| hasEffect |
abolition of Chechen-Ingush ASSR
ⓘ
deportation of Chechens ⓘ deportation of Ingush ⓘ ethnic cleansing ⓘ mass death during transit and exile ⓘ |
| historicalAssessment |
act of genocide (as described by some scholars and institutions)
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crime against humanity ⓘ |
| location |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Chechen-Ingush ASSR ⓘ North Caucasus ⓘ |
| method |
forced deportation by train
ⓘ
mass arrest ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims |
approximately 480000
ⓘ
over 400000 ⓘ |
| organisedBy | NKVD ⓘ |
| participant |
Chechens
ⓘ
surface form:
Chechen people
Ingush people ⓘ |
| partOf |
Soviet deportations
ⓘ
Stalinist repressions ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Soviet government
ⓘ
surface form:
Joseph Stalin’s government
Lavrentiy Beria ⓘ |
| pointInTime | World War II ⓘ |
| reason | alleged collaboration with Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
confiscation of property of deported peoples
ⓘ
destruction of Chechen-Ingush cultural institutions ⓘ |
| startTime | 1944-02-23 ⓘ |
| target |
entire Chechen population
ⓘ
entire Ingush population ⓘ |
| temporalCoverage |
February 1944
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March 1944 ⓘ |
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Subject: Operation Lentil Description of subject: Operation Lentil was the Soviet NKVD’s 1944 mass deportation operation that forcibly removed the entire Chechen and Ingush populations from their homeland to Central Asia.
Referenced by (2)
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