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Don Cossacks-repatriates: their fate in Soviet Russia and the USSR
The article is devoted to the problem of repatriation of the Don White Cossacks after the Civil War. The purpose of the article is to use several examples of randomly selected court cases in which the repatriated Cossacks from the Upper Don were held
to show how the attitude of the authorities towards them changed. The article gives a count of the Cossacks who returned and those who remained abroad. More than half of the Cossacks, who went abroad in 1920, returned to their homeland in the first two years of emigration. It is shown that the attitude of the Soviet leadership towards the repatriates began to change as the internal policy in the country changed. In the 1920s, they were considered as propaganda material to prove the humanity of the Soviet government.
But already in 1926, the authorities arrested some repatriates for agitation against the Soviet government. At the same time, there were attempts to accuse them of espionage. But in the 1920s, those arrested received minimum prison terms. However, when the creation of collective farms began, the authorities drew attention to the repatriates as the most likely opponents of collectivization.
They began to be arrested on falsified charges. And in the 1930s, in all inspired trials, they were declared spies recruited during forced emigration.
to show how the attitude of the authorities towards them changed. The article gives a count of the Cossacks who returned and those who remained abroad. More than half of the Cossacks, who went abroad in 1920, returned to their homeland in the first two years of emigration. It is shown that the attitude of the Soviet leadership towards the repatriates began to change as the internal policy in the country changed. In the 1920s, they were considered as propaganda material to prove the humanity of the Soviet government.
But already in 1926, the authorities arrested some repatriates for agitation against the Soviet government. At the same time, there were attempts to accuse them of espionage. But in the 1920s, those arrested received minimum prison terms. However, when the creation of collective farms began, the authorities drew attention to the repatriates as the most likely opponents of collectivization.
They began to be arrested on falsified charges. And in the 1930s, in all inspired trials, they were declared spies recruited during forced emigration.
Cossacks, the Civil War, repatriates, lawsuits