I’ve been arguing with some people over this whole Ukraine-Russia shit and somebody mentioned this.
What was the deal with this? Why did the USSR do this? What are the western history books not telling me here?
Also bonus question, what was the deal with the entire resettlement program? Why was it needed?
Brainworms mainly. Like 3 percent of population decided to collaborate, and then because they were not capable or willing give them up to friendly officers, the whole population got deported. :shrug-outta-hecks:
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If your first response to finding out that the Soviet Union did ethnic cleansing is “wow that was dumb of them now people on the internet can use that to say STALIN BAD” you probably need to rethink some things.
That’s kinda shit tbh, Stalin gets a :bonk: for this one. Were the new living conditions at least approximately as good as they had before?
