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What was the deal with the deportations of Crimean Tatars in 1944? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been arguing with some people over this whole Ukraine-Russia shit and somebody mentioned this.

What was the deal with this? Why did the USSR do this? What are the western history books not telling me here?

Also bonus question, what was the deal with the entire resettlement program? Why was it needed?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ask them about the millions of japanese people spread across the western pacific and other asian countries who were deported back to Japan by the US. The simple answer is that displacements of entire people as a result of decolonization was happening and was a worldwide phenomenon at the time which unfortunately the Soviet Union was caught up in. Just take a look at whole countries such as Pakistan/India Malaysia/Singapore, Czech/Slovakia or even the whole African continent which is still stuck in perpetual war with each over. All you need to know is the Soviet's solutions were 100x more humane than any western counterpact that had to deal with the same issue.