u/USSRftw - originally from r/GenZhou
I keep being confronted with the population transfer of several ethnic groups to remote areas during Stalin like the Kalmyks, Tatars, Balkars, Chechens, Koreans, etc. While I have found that there were some cases of spying or even desire to collaborate with the invading Axis forces, I don’t think there is a reason to deport all the population? Or is there something else I am missing?
u/kamrater - originally from r/GenZhouwhile it’s important to put these internal deportations into proper historical context, you are right in that they were not justifiable. in my opinion at least, they were a major mistake of the union under stalin, an injustice and an unnecessary violation of these nations’ rights and national self-determination.