Today in Labor History February 23, 1944: The Soviet Union began the forced deportation of Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia. The Soviets forcibly deported millions of ethnic minorities from the 1930s-1950s. At least 25% of the Chechen and Ingush deportees died at the hands of soldiers or from cold and hunger.

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