deportation of the Meskhetian Turks

When

1944

Kind

Expulsion or deportation

Coordinates

41.58° N, 43.27° E

Description

1944 ethnic cleansing of the Meskhetian Turks in the Soviet Union

Date from

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Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1944 ethnic cleansing of the Meskhetian Turks in the Soviet Union

The entire Meskhetian Turk population from the Meskheti region of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic was forcibly transferred by the Soviet government to Central Asia on 14 November 1944. During the deportation, between 92,307 and 94,955 Meskhetian Turks were forcibly removed from 212 villages. They were packed into cattle wagons and mostly sent to the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.

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