SECOND STAGE OF PEASANT EXILE TO THE NORTH OF WESTERN SIBERIA (1931): LITTLE-STUDIED AND DEBATABLE ISSUES

Abstract

Researchers identify three stages in the organization of forced migrations of peasants and their families in the early 1930 to the North of Western Siberia. This was due to mass dekulakization in the USSR. Previous studies often contain contradictory and incomplete data. These relate to the chronology stages and number of peasants. The article is a continuation of the research topic. This is a clarification of the stages of the “kulak” exile and the number of peasants sent to the North. This is the territory of the Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous districts today. In the study of the beginning of the stage (1930), we have clarity. We do not have complete data about the second stage. These are questions such as the time of sending special settlers, transportation, the number of exiles. We want to clarify which organizations they were sent to work for. We do not have precise data on the geography of settlement. We do not know the total number of special settlers by the end of 1931 in the national districts. The researchers did not provide data on demographic losses. The article examines the little-studied and debatable issues of the second stage of peasant exile based on available research and available sources. It is considered on the materials of the Ostyako-Vogul and Yamalo-Nenets districts (1931). The author finds out the chronological boundaries of the methods of transporting peasants in the summer of 1931. The article provides reasonable data on the number of sent special settlers (1930-1931). The researcher shows the placement areas. The article examines the actual presence of a special population in the national districts by the end of 1931.