Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
You mean Stalins deportations of huge poulations didnt happend?
This was probably one of two or maybe even three times when nationality was a factor.
Please note that deprotation of Chechens, Inhushs, Crimean Tatars and some other Caucasian nations happened in war time, when this three "nationalities" were almost 100% supporting Hitler, slaughtering Russians and other nations of the Union and massively deserting from the Army (if serving at all). In war time it was easier to send them all to Kazakhstan, away from the front line, then to judge who is not guilty. It was not mass slaughter, not genocide - it was the most rational and least violent solution. And Chechens and Crimean Tatars who served with honor were not deported, but recieved all possible awards, like Amet-Khan Sultan, one of the top VVS aces, a Crimean Tatar.
Do you think Kazakhs were happy to get such "citizens"?...
BTW, deportation of German colonists from Ukraine and Volga started only after multiple accidents when this people started shooting Soviet soldiers in the back... Again - no mass executions, just deportation. Remember, it was
war time.
Grun, you speak about things that you don't understand and see through the prism of cold-war propaganda.
