Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush (1944)

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The Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush (1944) was a mass forced relocation carried out by the Soviet government under Stalin, in which the entire Chechen and Ingush populations were accused of collaboration with Nazi Germany and exiled from their homeland in the North Caucasus to Central Asia, causing immense suffering and loss of life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet political repression
crime against humanity
ethnic cleansing
forced deportation
mass forced relocation
aftermath ban on return to homeland for many years
lasting trauma in Chechen and Ingush societies
long-term demographic changes in the North Caucasus
alsoKnownAs Operation Lentil
consequence disease outbreaks among deportees
famine among deported population
mass mortality among deportees
country Soviet Union
endDate 1944-03
estimatedDeaths a significant share of the deported population
tens of thousands
historicalPeriod Stalin era
World War II
implementedBy Lavrentiy Beria
justificationUsedByAuthorities accusations of mass treason
legalBasisClaimedByAuthorities alleged collaboration with Nazi Germany
location Central Asia
Chechen-Ingush ASSR
Kazakh SSR
Kyrgyzstan
surface form: Kyrgyz SSR

North Caucasus
method forced marches
rail transport in cattle cars
numberOfPeopleDeported approximately 500000
over 400000
orderedBy Joseph Stalin
organisedBy NKVD
Soviet government
partOf Soviet deportations of entire peoples
Stalinist repressions
perpetrator NKVD
Soviet state security organs
surface form: Soviet security forces
recognizedAsGenocideBy Parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
some scholars
result abolition of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR
dissolution of Chechen-Ingush autonomy
resettlement of Chechen and Ingush lands by other ethnic groups
startDate 1944-02-23
targetPopulation Chechens
Ingush
typeOfEvent state-organized mass violence
victimGroup Nakh peoples
surface form: Vaynakh peoples

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Chechens historicalEvent Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush (1944)
Operation Lentil alsoKnownAs Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush (1944)
this entity surface form: Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush