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The Volga German ASSR was abolished as part of the mass deportation of Soviet Germans.
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Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Autonomous republic within the former Russian SFSR
The Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Volga German ASSR, was an autonomous republic of the Russian SFSR. Its capital city was Engels located on the Volga River. As a result of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the republic was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Deportation of Soviet Germans (1941–1942)
Soviet forced displacement of ethnic Germans
After the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, ethnic Germans living in the Soviet Union were subject to mass deportation starting from August 1941 by the NKVD on the orders of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. At least 846,340 Soviet Germans were deported in the first…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)