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*. in th* Caucasian and Crtnean operations,authority Mad aontrolby HKVD and HKQB, USSR, la Moscow. Republic andand KKQ3 organs did not particlpata. indigenou* neaaberaand NKOB republic and oblaBt headquarters War* aleothtlr national group*,
3uppra)aalon of noBlatanoe Movement In Lithuania, lyM-JEffl
the resistance ooveaw-nt had
throughout Litnuania. eaate thing had
In othar Baltlo ooontrlea, tn*kraine,arn andessor extent In Moldavia.
roilowing jiKWmenta" participated in tn* suppreationlatanooi
troopa
HKVD troopo
o. HKVD Speolal Purpoae Troopa. such aa:
Plrat speolal purpose Separate Moeoo* Infantry Dlrlslon
Seoondvlalou (Vtoraya dlvlxlya oaobogo nainaoheolya voyek HKVD) under the oommand of Oan. VHTROV. Thlawaa eventually tranaferred to NOB.
d. HKVD arllltla unlta
. Regular Soviet Amy troopa
authority and aupervlalon of the Lithuanian operation Inphase waa eiorulaed" by the paople'a Ccaaalaaar of tbaof thaARTASHUHA3. However, elnoerather poor, th* Deputy Peopled Coaaaleaar of th*KRUOLOV, waa aant In4 to Lithuania toto dlraot tho oporatlon.
At th* Ban* tine there waa organised at th* Central 1
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tba Centraleend presently la Secretary ofParty of the Sovietof tha
COanuttea or the Coawaunlat party, Lithuanianpeolal body called Organisational Bureau (OrgByuro) aubordinate dlr*otly go tb*ee Coaavunlot Party, USSR, and oharged with tnoresponsibility and top levol aupervlalon of th* operation. Tb* head of the OrgByuro waa, who at that tinewaanWr of
OrgByuro were forwarded through the controlf tbe cu, Perty, Lithuanian SSR, toho Mae atlll Mtrnated with
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Resettlement of Caucasian and Crimean National 0roups
1. Tht offlelal reasons given to NKVD troops participating in th*
resettlementf Cauoaalan and Crimean national groups to Siberia and Middle Asia were the treaoherous attitude of tries* national minorities (both authorities and people) towards the 3ovint Union and their collaboration with the Germans during World War II.
majorrty-or nkvd per-onnei
who participated in this action thought the accusations were true.
a. The following NKVD elements participated in the Caucasian and Crlawjan operations: border troops. Interior troops, convoy troops, special purpoae troops such as the First Speolal Purpose Separate Ho scow Infantry Division (Pervaya otdel'naya Moskovskaya atrelkovaya dlvlrlya oaobogo naznachenlya), territorial NKVD organs from the RSrSR,probably several regular Soviet Army units. In the organisation of railroad transports and railroad escort service, the railway NKVD troops (zheleznodorozhnyye voyska) aleo participated. All NKVD troops participating In the operations had been disguised ln regular Army uniform. The resettlement operation ln the Caucasus region wan auper-vlaed by Col. Gen. SEHOV, who at that time was Deputy People's Coevala-aar of the InteriorSSH. KQBULOV, who at that time via People's Commlasar of the State Seourltyxerolaed over-til auperviaion of the resettlement operation ln the Crimea.
direct authority ond supervision of'the operation. Several high-ranking HKVD, USSR officials were permanently attached to BARTA5HUNAS
as "advlsoro". In contrast with the Caucasian and Crimeanin Lithuania oblast and rayon (at that tine referred to aa volost' and vyisd) NKVD headquarters were fully utilized. theyted information on partisan movemente andIt to the responsible NKVD troop commander. Por this purpose the entire terrltcr;,the Lithuanian SSR waa divided into aaveral operational sectors. DAvD and other military unite were assigned to each sector, and high-rankLng NKVD (or military) authority waa appointed tentor Nachal'nlk; all troops stationed on tha sector territory wrr* subordinate toachal'nlk. The informationy regional KKVD eiementa was forwarded to the responsiblehu, action and the use of his subordinate
sector tiacU* troops.
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