Ablazhey Natalia N.,
Doctor, Senior Researcher, Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia, е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Deportations From the USSR During the Period of the Great Terror
DOI: 10.31518/2618-9100-2019-1-8
The article is devoted to the analysis of deportation practices in the USSR during the period of the Great Terror. A study of the departmental paper work of the NKVD and the materials of extrajudicial instances leads to the conclusion that during these years such kind of punishment as deportation from the country was widely used against foreigners. Deportations were implemented in two formats: through directives of the authorities and through out-of-court system. Some deportations of 1937–1938 represented independent repressive campaigns that coincided with the so-called “national” operations, others became their integral part. Deportations from the USSR as a type of punishment were used in the course of implementation of several “national” operations conducted by the NKVD of the USSR. The largest numbers of those deported out of the country gave the “Iranian”, “German” and “Harbin” operations. In 1937–1938, the most massive evictions took place among Iranian and Chinese nationals. As many as 346 713 people became the victims of the “national” operations of the NKVD, of whom 9 212 foreigners were accused of espionage and expelled from the country.
Publishing: 26/02/2019
How to cite: Ablazhey N.N. Deportations From the USSR During the Period of the Great Terror // Historical Courier, 2019, # 1 (3). Article 8. [Available online:] http://istkurier.ru/data/2019/ISTKURIER-2019-1-08.pdf
Links: Issue 1 2019
Keywords: Great Terror; “national” operations; foreigners; deportations from the USSR