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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] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tatar Legion collab'd during the occupation, the government deported a bunch of minorities from Crimea at the same time to 'secure' the area around Sevastopol. I guess its comparable to a southern Kaliningrad.

The resettlement program was not needed and fucked up. The idea was for internal security (why the NKVD did it) because the party got away from ingratiating itself to minorities and lifting them up over what amounted to neo-russification. A goddamn SS brigade who would've been torn apart by their neighbors post-war isn't an excuse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Stupid Mess , like the guilty ones did in fact identify themselfs by joining the freaking SS ...