The deportation of the Karachais began in the USSR on November 2, 1943, as a result, 69,267 people (

The deportation of the Karachais began in the USSR on November 2, 1943, as a result, 69,267 people (15,980 families) were evicted. In total, during the pre-war and wartime, 79 thousand people of Karachai nationality were deported. Most of the repressed - more than 43 thousand people, including 22 thousand children - died on the road, as well as in places of resettlement. In modern Karachay-Cherkessia, November 2 is considered the day of deportation of the Karachai people. And May 3 is annually  celebrated in Karachay-Cherkessia  as the Day of the revival of the Karachai people. 

“The idea of ​​the project was to capture the faces, expressions of the eyes of people, to show that they are not broken, that they have returned, have preserved their customs and traditions,” the author of the project, Marika Khubiyeva, told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

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