Ingushi. were right up till recently. methodically dispossessed of their best lands by Russian colonists. Driven gradually into sterile deserts these people were devoted to certain death. The first edition (1937) of the large Soviet Encyclopedia condemns the deportation policy of Nicholas II: As a culmination the most vital elements of the population were deported to Turkey to the number of 20.000. and were in fact destined in their majority to dying out ... The risings drew on themselves cruel executions and masses of victims. the annihilation of auls and the destruction of crops. Such statements were part of the Bolshevik scheme of granting autonomy to nationalities persecuted by the czars in order to win their support.
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