Historical documentary from Ukraїner Media explores how Russia tried to destroy generations of peoples’ identity using forced deportations

Ukraїner Media presented a project about the history of deportation carried out by the Russian Federation.

Rubryka reports that the documentary film depicts the deportation of Koreans, Chechens, Crimean Tatars, and Ukrainians by Russia.

What is the problem?

Since the beginning of Russia's invasion, more than 11.5 million people have been displaced within the state and abroad. While Western countries assist Ukrainians, Russia forcibly deports Ukrainian citizens, abducts their children, forces them to undergo filtering measures, and expels them under the guise of so-called rescue. Russia grossly violated international humanitarian law, and Ukraine raises this issue at all levels.

What is the solution?

Ukraїner Media and the public organization PR Army created the project "How Russia Destroyed Peoples' Identity," demonstrating historical facts and records of deportations as a policy of Russia.

How does it work?

The video explainer demonstrates the deportation of Koreans, Chechens, Crimean Tatars, and Ukrainian Germans, deportations from the Baltic countries, and modern deportations of Ukrainians.

"A crime of this scale cannot be solved without the international community's participation. We cannot now go inside the Russian Federation and return [Ukrainian] people out of there en masse," says Anastasia Marushevska, editor-in-chief of Ukraїner International and co-founder of PR Army and the project "Where are our people?" "The return of all deportees should be one of the conditions for the end of the war, and the deportation itself should be perceived as a planned and systematic policy of historic scale." 

During the research, the team received many scientific recommendations, archival documents, photos, and video materials testifying to the deportation processes of the Soviet era.