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Balkaria
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1827 |
Balkaria, a Caucasus region later known as known as Kabardino-Balkari, was annexed by Russia. Links: Russia, Balkaria 
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1942 Nov |
In Balkaria, Central Asia, a valley-full of women and children were hunted down in several villages and butchered by the joint NKVD and Red Army task force under the command of captain Nakin. This became known as the Cherek massacre. Links: Russia, Balkaria
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1944 Mar 8 |
The Soviet government celebrated International Women's Day by forcibly deporting almost the entire Balkar population to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Omsk Oblast in Siberia. Starting on 8 March and finishing the following day, the NKVD loaded 37,713 Balkars onto 14 train echelons bound for Central Asia and Siberia. Links: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Siberia, Balkaria
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2010 |
Oliver Bullough authored “Let Our Fame Be Great: Journey Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus.” Links: Russia, Books, Circassia, Balkaria
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