Deportations of Kurds from Transcaucasia
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title:
Deportations of Kurds from Transcaucasia
text:
The Kurds were deported from Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, and Armenian SSR by the Soviet secret police NKVD in 1937 and 1944 and sent to special settlements in Central Asia. During the July 1937 deportation, approximately 1,325 Kurds were deported. In March, 3,240 Kurds and Azerbaijanis were deported from Tbilisi. In November 1944 the Kurds of Georgian SSR were also sent to the "special colonies", including those in Siberia, and were resettled there, as part of the deportation of the Meskhetian
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Soviet forced displacement (1937–44)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportations_of_Kurds_from_Transcaucasia
date created:
2024-04-12T14:21:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T06:01:23Z
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