Soviet deportations 1939-1941: who exactly was deported?

[W. R.]

Data concerning Western Belarus:

05.XII.1939 Lavrentiy Beria decides to deport woodwards and osadniks;
25.XII.1939-05.I.1940 making up the lists of their families, 51 000 surnames at the beginning of February;
10.II.1939 the first action of deportation; more than 50 000 people get on trains;
13.IV.1940 the action against families of prisoners, of people who escaped from the USSR, policemen, gendarmes, landlords, activists of non-communist political parties arrested before; about 24 000 people are deported to Siberia and Kazakhstan;
29.VI.1940 the action of deportation against people who escaped from the German occupation zone of Poland, especially members of the class of exploiters; 23 000 people deported;
19.VI.1941 the last big action of deportation, mostly against members of families of activists of non-communist organisations; 22 000 people deported;
22.VI.1941 planned deportation of kulaks, was not carried out because of the outbreak of the German-Soviet war.

Estimated number of deportees before the war - 120 000, without criminals.

SOURCE

I'd like to know who exactly was deported in the other newly annexed territories of the USSR. Could anyone provide some data?

[W. R.]

chto za slovo - 'woodwards'?!?

Found in a dictionary while trying to translate "pracownicy służby leśnej" ("workers of forest service"?). It didn't sound too good to me either, but I didn't found anything better. Would "rangers" sound okay?

Thanks for the help with my English.

[Osweo]

Found in a dictionary while trying to translate "pracownicy służby leśnej" ("workers of forest service"?). It didn't sound too good to me either, but I didn't found anything better. Would "rangers" sound okay?

Thanks for the help with my English.

'Forester' is an oldish word for a man who looks after forests. 'Forestry workers' is more modern sounding, perhaps.

I see why Polish osadniki and 'kulaks' were deported, but why forestry workers?! Just for their expertise to be used in logging camps!? Or is there a sociological aspect to forestry in Belarus at that date which I'm missing?

[W. R.]

I see why Polish osadniki and 'kulaks' were deported, but why forestry workers?! Just for their expertise to be used in logging camps!? Or is there a sociological aspect to forestry in Belarus at that date which I'm missing?

Beria's argumentation was that they had received military training and were preparing hostilities against the USSR.

It looks like the forestry workers were a militarized organisation and that made them as undesirable as policemen and gendarmes were.

Many (most?) of deportees were Poles, by the way; in II Rzecz Pospolita Belarusians were a minority that was not to be trusted, thus Belarusian policemen or Belarusian forestry workers were difficult to find - that kind of job was reserved for Poles.

[W. R.]

I'd like to know who exactly was deported in the other newly annexed territories of the USSR. Could anyone provide some data?

Well?

[Jarl]

Data concerning Western Belarus:

05.XII.1939 Lavrentiy Beria decides to deport woodwards and osadniks;
25.XII.1939-05.I.1940 making up the lists of their families, 51 000 surnames at the beginning of February;
10.II.1939 the first action of deportation; more than 50 000 people get on trains;
13.IV.1940 the action against families of prisoners, of people who escaped from the USSR, policemen, gendarmes, landlords, activists of non-communist political parties arrested before; about 24 000 people are deported to Siberia and Kazakhstan;
29.VI.1940 the action of deportation against people who escaped from the German occupation zone of Poland, especially members of the class of exploiters; 23 000 people deported;
19.VI.1941 the last big action of deportation, mostly against members of families of activists of non-communist organisations; 22 000 people deported;
22.VI.1941 planned deportation of kulaks, was not carried out because of the outbreak of the German-Soviet war.

Estimated number of deportees before the war - 120 000, without criminals.

SOURCE

I'd like to know who exactly was deported in the other newly annexed territories of the USSR. Could anyone provide some data?

Where were these people deported?

[W. R.]

Where were these people deported?

Siberia and Kazakhstan. You can check the source, it is in Polish.

[Talvi]

About Estonians



Deported in 1941, June 13 - 17th

1941. a. maakondadest ja linnadest küüditatud

Harju maakond ja linnad 2593
Järva maakond ja linnad 365
Lääne maakond ja linnad 573
Petseri maakond ja linnad 475
Pärnu maakond ja linnad 816
Saare maakond ja linnad 985
Tartu maakond ja linnad 1070
Valga maakond ja linnad 363
Viljandi maakond ja linnad 745
Viru maakond ja linnad 1303
Võru maakond ja linnad 440
Kokku 9728

Total : 9728

13. juunil 1941. aastal Moskvast antud korralduse kohaselt oli Eestist ette nähtud küüditada 11 102 inimest

They were supposed to deport at least 11 102 people but their organisational skills sucked.

Perekondadest eraldati 2819 meest, kes viidi
arreteeritutena Sverdlovski oblasti surmalaagrisse, kus 606 neist hiljem maha lasti. 1194 neist
surid nälga ja kurnatusse ning ainult 539 meest tuli hiljem invaliididena Eestisse tagasi.

2819 men were taken to Sverdlovski oblast, of those 606 were shot, 1194 died of hunger. 539 were able to return to Estonia.

http://www.miksike.ee/documents/main...yyditamine.htm

Another one in 1949, march 25 - march 29.

Eestist igaveseks NSV Liidu kaugematesse piirkondadesse eriasumisele saata 22 326 inimest.

22 326 people were deported from Estonia to the further areas of USSR.

People were sent to Krasnojarski, Novosibirski, Tomski, Omski ja Irkutski oblast.

http://linnamuuseum.tartu.ee/?m=2&page=4

[Peterski]

Mainly ethnic Poles of course.