Natalia Nikolaevna Ablazhey,
Doctor of Historical Sciences, Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk, Russia, е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Ainur Tatimbekovna Kazbekova,
Master of History, East Kazakhstan University named after S. Amanzholov, Ust‑Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, е-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Between Exile and Repatriation: Vainakhs and the Khrushchev “Thaw”
DOI: 10.31518/2618-9100-2022-6-18
The consequences of deportation, exile and repatriation as an example of the Soviet migration policy are analyzed in this paper based on the data referring to the Chechen and Ingush people. Total deportation and the twelve-years exile turned out to be counterproductive measures, as they led to ethnic consolidation and allowed the “punished people” to resist not only foreign cultural influence, but also Sovietization. In the context of liberalization and the rejection of mass repression, the authorities tried to return the Vainakhs to the Soviet system restoring their national autonomy and allowing repatriation to the historical homeland. The authors attempt illustrating the updated paradigm of the dialogue between the authorities and the ethnic group, and the boundaries of the communicative space. The publication brings into the field of research two documents from the thematic case on the return of the Chechen-Ingush population to the CHI ASSR (Chechen-Ingush Automous Soviet Socialist Republic) in 1957, deposited in the fonds of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan and stored in the Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Publishing: 28/12/2022
The article has been received by the editor on 10/11/2022
How to cite: Ablazhey N.N., Kazbekova A.T. Between Exile and Repatriation: Vainakhs and the Khrushchev “Thaw” // Historical Courier, 2022, No. 6 (26), pp. 251–276. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2022/ISTKURIER-2022-6-18.pdf]
Links: Issue 6 2022
Keywords: Vainakhs; deportation; repatriation; the Khrushchev “Thaw”