Soviet propaganda poster “We Will Drive the Kulaks Out of the Collective Farms” 1930 / Arthive

Deportation in the USSR. 1930s / Wikimedia Commons

Logging operations. Special settlement Verkhneashinsky. 1933/ russiainphoto.ru

Propaganda poster “Long Live the Fraternal Union and Friendship of the Peoples of the USSR.” 1930s / Wikimedia Commons

Timber rafters on the Ashe River. 1933 / russiainphoto.ru

Special settlement Tsentralny. General view of a barracks. 1930s. / russiainphoto.ru

Building of the district commandant’s office of a special settlement in Narym. Tomsk Oblast. 1930 / Library of Congress

Homes of special settlers in Narym. Tomsk Oblast. 1930 / Library of Congress

A Ukrainian house). Bashkortostan. 1930s / Wikimedia Commons

Ochyr Kikeev. A Kalmyk village after the deportation / Wikimedia Commons

Decree on the deportation of the Kalmyks. 1943 / Wikimedia Commons

Building of the Department of Labor Settlements of the NKVD. Narym, Tomsk Oblast. 1930 / Library of Congress

In a classroom at a school in a special settlement. Narym, Tomsk Oblast. 1930 / Library of Congress

Schoolchildren. Special settlement Verkhneashinsky. Bashkortostan. 1933 / russiainphoto.ru

Rally of special settlers after the completion of timber rafting. Second half of the 1930s / russiainphoto.ru