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?
[deleted] - originally from r/GenZhouAn necessary evil, given the circunstances, its not like there was a lot of things they could have done instead. Some comrades up here already explained about the mass treasons, if we consider they where in the middle of a war, it was justified.
And its not even comparable to things other countries did only for the sake of rascism, like the US concentration camps for japanese descendants, or, you know, the nazis.
And i want to see the people here saying this was the worse thing the soviets did to tell me: did they really have a chance? And if yes, tell me what alternative they could have done