Against their will : the history and geography of forced migrations in the USSR / by Pavel Polian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poli︠a︡n, P. M.

Standardized Title:

Ne po svoeĭ vole. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Migration, Internal--Soviet Union--History.

Migration, Internal.

Forced migration--Soviet Union--History.

Forced migration.

Political persecution--Soviet Union--History.

Political persecution.

Deportation.

History.

Soviet Union.

Deportation--Soviet Union--History.

World War, 1939-1945--Forced repatriation.

World War, 1939-1945.

Refoulement.

Physical Description:

xvi, 425 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Other Title:

History and geography of forced migrations in the USSR

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2004.

Summary:

Polian, whose field is not noted, begins with forced migrations within the Soviet Union, first before and then during and after World War II, and analyzes patterns of the settlement and rehabilitation process of the displaced peoples. Then he describes the internment and deportation of German citizens from European countries to the Soviet Union, their employment there, and their repatriation. The Russian original, Ne po svoyey vole was published by OGI Memorial in 2001, and translated by Anna Yastrzhembska. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Forced migrations: pre-history and classification

Forced migrations before Hitler and Stalin: historical excursus

Forced migrations and Second World War

Classification of forced migrations

Part I. Forced migrations within the USSR

Forced migrations before the Second World War (1919-1939)

First Soviet deportations and resettlements in 1919-1929

Dekulakization and "kulak" exile in 1930-1931

"Kulak exile" and famine repercussions in 1932-1934

Frontier zone cleansing and other forced migrations in 1934-1939

Forced migrations during and after the Second World War (1939-1953)

Selective deportations from the annexed territories of Poland, the Baltic Republics and Romania in 1939-1941

Total preventive deportation of Soviet Germans, Finns and Greeks in 1941-1942

"Retributive" total deportations of the peoples of the North Caucasus and Crimea in 1943-1944

Preventive forced deportations from the Transcaucasia, and other deportations during the last stage of the war in 1944-1945

Compensatory forced migrations in 1941-1946

Ethnic and other deportations after the Second World War, 1949-1953

Patterns of deported peoples' settlement, and rehabilitation process

Patterns of deported peoples' settlement at the destinations

Rehabilitation and internal repatriation of Kalmyks and peoples of the North Caucasus

Rehabilitation of Germans

Rehabilitation of the Crimean Tatars

Rehabilitation of Meskhetian Turks

Repressed peoples and ethnic conflicts on the territory of the former USSR in the 1990s

Part II. International forced migrations

Internment and deportation of German civilians from European countries to the USSR

The victors' labor balance and "labor reparations"

Internment of Germans in Southeast Europe

Internment of Germans on the territory of the Third Reich

Some outcomes of the operation for the internment of Germans

Employment of labor of German civilians from European countries in the USSR, and their repatriation

Destination geography and employment of labor of German internees in the USSR

Beginning of repatriation of internees, and new "labor reparations"

Further repatriation process and its completion

In lieu of a conclusion: geo-demographic scale and repercussions of forced migrations in the USSR

Afterword at the crossroads of geography and history (by Anatoly Vishnevsky).

Notes:

"First published in Russian as Ne po svoyey vole-- istoriya i geografiya prinuditelʹnykh migratsii v SSSR by OGI Memorial in 2001"--T.p. verso.

Translated by Anna Yastrzhembska.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [377]-398) and indexes.

ISBN:

9639241687

9639241733

OCLC:

53002649