27 Dec 1943
Russia
Russia
- Soviet leadership declared the Kalmyk people guilty of collaboration with the German occupation. The Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was abolished as a constituent semi-autonomous country inside Russia, and the entire population was to be deported to various locations in the Siberian regions of Russia. ww2dbase [Kalmykia | CPC]
28 Dec 1943
Russia
Russia
- In the Caucasus region of Russia, the Kalmyk Autonomous Republic was abolished. NKVD troops began rounding up Kalmyk people. ww2dbase [Deportation of Caucasian, Altaic, and Turkish Peoples | Kalmykia | CPC]
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