Stalin-era mass deportations and population transfers in the Caucasus (1937–1951)

1. Kurds deported from Transcaucasia begin

   Jul 1, 1937Labels: Transcaucasian Kurds

   • Kurds Transcaucasia
   • HRW 1991

2. Karachay deportation carried out

   Nov 2, 1943Labels: Karachay people

   • Karachays
   • Pohl book

3. Chechen-Ingush deportation begins (Operation Lentil)

   Feb 23, 1944Labels: Chechen and

   • Chechens Ingush
   • Encyclopaedia

4. Kurds and Azerbaijanis deported from Tbilisi

   Mar 1, 1944Labels: Tbilisi Kurds, Tbilisi Azerbaijanis

   • Kurds Transcaucasia
   • Marshall book

5. Balkar deportation executed

   Mar 8, 1944Labels: Balkar people

   • Balkars
   • Caucasus Knot

6. Crimean Armenians, Greeks, and Bulgarians ordered deported

   Jun 2, 1944Labels: Crimean Armenians, Crimean Greeks, Crimean Bulgarians

   • Soviet Greeks
   • Armenpress

7. Crimean Armenians, Greeks, and Bulgarians deported

   Jun 24, 1944Labels: Crimean Armenians, Crimean Greeks, Crimean Bulgarians

   • Armenpress
   • Soviet Greeks

8. Meskhetian Turks and others deported from Georgian SSR

   Nov 14, 1944Labels: Meskhetian Turks

   • Meskhetian Turks
   • Kurds Transcaucasia

9. USSR orders resettlement of Azerbaijanis from Armenian SSR

   Dec 23, 1947Labels: Azerbaijani resettlement

   • Azerbaijanis Armenia
   • Kur Araz decree

10. Special-settler status made effectively permanent

    Nov 26, 1948Labels: Special-settler status

    • Special settlers

11. Operation Volna decreed against Black Sea coast minorities

    May 29, 1949Labels: Operation Volna

    • Soviet Greeks
    • Volna context

12. Operation Volna deportations implemented

    Jun 1, 1949Labels: Operation Volna

    • Soviet Greeks
    • Volna decree