Operation North

The operation north ( Russian Операция "Север" - Operazija Sewer) was a secret operation of the People's Commissariat of State Security of the USSR , in which the families of Jehovah's Witnesses on 1 and 2 April 1951 to Siberia were deported.

Before the Baltic States , western Ukraine , western Belarus , Bessarabia, and northern Bukovina were incorporated into the Soviet Union , there were few Jehovah's Witnesses in the state. Most of them lived in the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic .

Because of their conscientious objection to military service , Jehovah's Witnesses were persecuted by the Soviet regime . The organization's teaching was considered anti-Soviet. Its members have been identified as potentially dangerous elements. In November 1950, Viktor Abakumov presented Joseph Stalin with a draft to deport Jehovah's Witnesses to Siberia . Stalin confirmed the plan.

In April 1951. "all members of the anti-Soviet underground organization that leads an active subversive work" were in the Siberian and North Russian Rajons Ukhta , Dudinka , Magadan , Irkutsk Oblast and Tomsk Oblast reported. A total of 8,576 people or 3,048 families.

All restrictions were lifted by a decree of September 30, 1965.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Релігійні репресії - Операция «Север». In: kipiani.org. Archived from the original on December 31, 2003 ; Retrieved August 27, 2018 (Ukrainian).
↑ ^a ^b Валерий Пасат. Трудные страницы истории Молдовы (1940-1950) , Москва: Изд. Terra, 1994
↑ Charles King. The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture , Hoover Institution Press, 2000, p.96
↑ 50 лет операции «Север». Archived from the original on February 18, 2012 ; Retrieved June 7, 2016 .
↑ Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses 2008, pp. 196–211
↑ Vakhtang Kipiani: Верующих христиан преследовали все тоталитарные режимы. 'Christian believers have been persecuted in all totalitarian regimes'. In: khpg.org. December 23, 2001, Retrieved March 28, 2019 (Russian).
^ Comisia Prezidenţială pentru Analiza Dictaturii Comuniste din România: Raport Final / ed .: Vladimir Tismăneanu, Dorin Dobrincu, Cristian Vasile, Bucureşti: Humanitas, 2007, ISBN 978-973-50-1836-8 , p. 754
↑ Elena Şişcanu, Basarabia sub ergimul bolşevic (1940-1952) , Bucureşti, Ed. Semne, 1998, p. 111
↑ GA Krylov: Обзор судебной практики дел по искам к "Свидетелям Иеговы". In: portal-credo.ru. Retrieved October 25, 2018 (Russian).

[kipiani-1] Релігійні репресії - Операция «Север». In: kipiani.org. Archived from the original on December 31, 2003 ; Retrieved August 27, 2018 (Ukrainian).

[passat-2] Валерий Пасат. Трудные страницы истории Молдовы (1940-1950) , Москва: Изд. Terra, 1994

[3] Charles King. The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture , Hoover Institution Press, 2000, p.96

[4] 50 лет операции «Север». Archived from the original on February 18, 2012 ; Retrieved June 7, 2016 .

[5] Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses 2008, pp. 196–211

[6] Vakhtang Kipiani: Верующих христиан преследовали все тоталитарные режимы. 'Christian believers have been persecuted in all totalitarian regimes'. In: khpg.org. December 23, 2001, Retrieved March 28, 2019 (Russian).

[vlad-7] Comisia Prezidenţială pentru Analiza Dictaturii Comuniste din România: Raport Final / ed .: Vladimir Tismăneanu, Dorin Dobrincu, Cristian Vasile, Bucureşti: Humanitas, 2007, ISBN 978-973-50-1836-8 , p. 754

[8] Elena Şişcanu, Basarabia sub ergimul bolşevic (1940-1952) , Bucureşti, Ed. Semne, 1998, p. 111

[9] GA Krylov: Обзор судебной практики дел по искам к "Свидетелям Иеговы". In: portal-credo.ru. Retrieved October 25, 2018 (Russian).