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The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
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Country in Eurasia (1922–1991)
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Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush
1944 Soviet ethnic cleansing and genocide
The deportation of the Chechens and Ingush also known as Operation Lentil and the Aardakh genocide, was the Soviet forced transfer of the whole of the Vainakh populations of the North Caucasus to Central Asia on 23 February 1944, during World War II. The expulsion was ordered by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Chechens
Northeast Caucasian ethnic group
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Ingush people
Ethnic group native to the northeastern Caucasus
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North Caucasus
Subregion in Eastern Europe
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