Estonian Operation of the NKVD

The Estonian Operation of the NKVD was a mass arrest, execution and deportations of persons of Estonian origin in the Soviet Union by the NKVD during the period of Great Purge (1937–1938). It was a part of the larger mass operations of the NKVD which targeted many minority nationalities in the Soviet Union. A total of 4,672 were killed during the repression.[1]

Estonian Operation of the NKVD
Part of the mass operations of the NKVD during the Great Purge
Location Soviet Union
Date1937–1938
TargetEstonians
Attack type
Ethnic cleansing
Prison shootings
Deaths4,672
PerpetratorsSoviet NKVD

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