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Events on Wednesday 23 February 1944 1
1944Deportation of Chechens and IngushSoviet Operation LentilOn Stalin's orders the NKVD deported the entire Chechen and Ingush populations, around 500,000 people, to Central Asia on charges of collaboration. Tens of thousands died during the transport and in exile. The Chechen-Ingush republic was abolished until 1957.