The Kulaks of Special Destination in the Soviet Far East (еarly 1930s).
E.N. Chernolutskaya
Keywords: Stalinist deportations, "cleansing" the frontier zone, special deportees, the Far East
Pages: 73-76
Abstract
The article is devoted to one of the groups of special deportees which appeared in the Stalinist state and consisted of the frontiersmen of Belorussia and Ukraine. These groups were deported to the Far East in transit through Siberia. The author shows distinction between these deportees and the majority of exiled kulaks; reveals the specific character of interregional relationships between different OGPU bodies being in charge of resettlement. The author investigated the reasons of temporary separate resettlement of family heads (in Yakutia) and other family members (in DVK), describes a painful process of their reunification, their living conditions in special settlements and their labor in the areas of gold mines.
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