Deportation

Aggressors may resort to the forcible mass expulsion of Indigenous peoples from their historical territories to remote regions. This practice physically neutralizes the potential for local guerrilla or political struggle and destroys the social structure of the people, freeing up lands for subsequent settlement by settlers loyal to the colonizer.

ID: T0127
Sub-techniques:  No sub-techniques
Peoples: Nokhchi (Chechens), Ukrainians
Version: 1.0
Created: 21 April 2026
Last Modified: 21 April 2026

Procedure Examples

ID Name Description
C0081 Annexation and Sovietization of Western Ukraine (1939–1941)

Mass forced deportation of the "unreliable" population and the families of the repressed (hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and Poles) to remote areas (special settlements in Siberia and Kazakhstan)[1].

C1130 Construction of the Holy Cross Fortress and Forced Resettlement (1722–1724)

The occupation administration of the Russian Empire forcibly resettled the subjugated Indigenous population: historian Ya. Z. Akhmadov records that "by 1724 the Terek town had been razed, and all of its population, including the Okotsk sloboda, populated by natives of Chechnya... was transferred to the new fortress"[2].

C1021 Destruction of the Nokhchi Villages along the Sunzha and Erection of the Groznaya Fortress in Their Place (1817–1818)

The Regular Army of the Russian Empire drove the population of the destroyed villages off their lands, which passed into the conqueror’s possession. Historian D. A. Khozhayev records that the inhabitants of the eight villages near Groznaya were "driven off the lands"[3]. Imperial general Yermolov wrote to Emperor Alexander I that if the population refused to submit, they would be offered "to withdraw and join the other brigands," and then "all the lands will remain at our disposal"[3].

C0077 Forced Collectivization and Dekulakization (1928–1932)

Mass deportation of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian peasants ("kulaks") and their family members to Siberia and remote northern regions of the USSR[4].

S0008 Government

Mass expulsion of millions of Ukrainian peasants from their native lands to Siberia and the Far East during the implementation of the Stolypin agrarian reform[5].

S0012 Occupation and Controlled Administrations

The occupation administration of the Russian Empire forcibly resettled the subjugated Indigenous population: historian Ya. Z. Akhmadov records that "by 1724 the Terek town had been razed, and all of its population, including the Okotsk sloboda, populated by natives of Chechnya... was transferred to the new fortress"[2].

S0010 Regular Army

The Regular Army of the Russian Empire drove the population of the destroyed villages off their lands, which passed into the conqueror’s possession. Historian D. A. Khozhayev records that the inhabitants of the eight villages near Groznaya were "driven off the lands"[3]. Imperial general Yermolov wrote to Emperor Alexander I that if the population refused to submit, they would be offered "to withdraw and join the other brigands," and then "all the lands will remain at our disposal"[3].

G0009 Russian Empire

Mass expulsion of millions of Ukrainian peasants from their native lands to Siberia and the Far East during the implementation of the Stolypin agrarian reform[5].

G0009 Russian Empire

Mass deportations of the Ukrainian population during the occupation: more than 12 thousand people were forcibly expelled from Galicia on charges of political unreliability[6].

G0009 Russian Empire

The occupation administration of the Russian Empire forcibly resettled the subjugated Indigenous population: historian Ya. Z. Akhmadov records that "by 1724 the Terek town had been razed, and all of its population, including the Okotsk sloboda, populated by natives of Chechnya... was transferred to the new fortress"[2].

G0009 Russian Empire

The Regular Army of the Russian Empire drove the population of the destroyed villages off their lands, which passed into the conqueror’s possession. Historian D. A. Khozhayev records that the inhabitants of the eight villages near Groznaya were "driven off the lands"[3]. Imperial general Yermolov wrote to Emperor Alexander I that if the population refused to submit, they would be offered "to withdraw and join the other brigands," and then "all the lands will remain at our disposal"[3].

S0017 Secret Police and Security Services

Mass deportations of the Ukrainian population during the occupation: more than 12 thousand people were forcibly expelled from Galicia on charges of political unreliability[6].

S0017 Secret Police and Security Services

Mass deportation of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian peasants ("kulaks") and their family members to Siberia and remote northern regions of the USSR[4].

S0017 Secret Police and Security Services

Mass forced deportation of the "unreliable" population and the families of the repressed (hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and Poles) to remote areas (special settlements in Siberia and Kazakhstan)[1].

S0017 Secret Police and Security Services

Forced deportation of insurgents' families to Siberia, as well as of more than 140,000 Ukrainians of the Zakerzonnia region from their historical lands, in order to deprive the UPA of its social base[7].

C0069 Stolypin Repressions and Mass Displacement (1906–1914)

Mass expulsion of millions of Ukrainian peasants from their native lands to Siberia and the Far East during the implementation of the Stolypin agrarian reform[5].

C0084 Suppression of UPA Resistance and Operation "Vistula" (1944–1951)

Forced deportation of insurgents' families to Siberia, as well as of more than 140,000 Ukrainians of the Zakerzonnia region from their historical lands, in order to deprive the UPA of its social base[7].

G0010 USSR

Mass deportation of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian peasants ("kulaks") and their family members to Siberia and remote northern regions of the USSR[4].

G0010 USSR

Mass forced deportation of the "unreliable" population and the families of the repressed (hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and Poles) to remote areas (special settlements in Siberia and Kazakhstan)[1].

G0010 USSR

Forced deportation of insurgents' families to Siberia, as well as of more than 140,000 Ukrainians of the Zakerzonnia region from their historical lands, in order to deprive the UPA of its social base[7].

C0070 World War I and the Occupation of Galicia (1914–1917)

Mass deportations of the Ukrainian population during the occupation: more than 12 thousand people were forcibly expelled from Galicia on charges of political unreliability[6].

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