Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush
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The deportation of the Chechens and Ingush, or Ardakhar Genocide, and also known as Operation Lentil, 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... Wikipedia
Location: North Caucasus
Start date: February 1944
Date: 23 February – March 1944
Target: Expulsion and resettlement of Vainakh populations
Victims: 496,000 to 650,000 Chechens and Ingush deported to forced settlements in the Soviet Union