In 1943 and 1944, Stalin deported hundreds of thousands of Chechens, Ingush, Crimean Tartars, and other North Caucasus groups, claiming with little evidence that they were potential Nazi collaborators.
Sources
- Death Solves All Problems: The Authoritarian Counterinsurgency ... (warontherocks.com)
- https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/uncategorized/explore-chechnyas-turbulent-past-1944-deportation/3314/ (pbs.org)
- https://eurasianet.org/perspectives-pain-inflicted-by-stalins-forced-deportations-during-world-war-ii-has-not-healed (eurasianet.org)
- https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/crimean-tatars-and-russification (wilsoncenter.org)
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