 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Stalin akanga akatsunga kuranga vanhu avo akaona sokushandira pamwe neGermany mukati mehondo uye kubata nechinetso chorudzi, icho chaizoda kuparadzanisa Soviet Union. Mamiriyoni evaPoland, vaLatvia, vaGeorgia, vaUkraine uye mamwe marudzi maduku akaendeswa kuGulags muSiberia. Kare, pashure pokubatanidzwa kwePoland yokumabvazuva muna 1939,, zviuru zvevakuru vemauto ePoland, kusanganisira varwi, vakanga vaurayiwa muchirimo cha1940, mune zvakazozivikanwa seKatin massacre. Mukuwedzera, muna 1941, 1943 na 1944 marudzi akawanda akanga aendeswa kuSiberia, Kazakhstan, uye Central Asia, kubatanidza, pakati pavamwe, vaVolga German, vaChechen, vaIngush, vaBalkars, vaCrimean Tatars, uye vaMeskhetian Turks. Kunyange zvazvo mapoka aya akazodzorerwa nzvimbo mune zvematongerwe enyika, mamwe haana kuzombodzorerwa nzvimbo dzawo dzaichimbova dzakazvimirira. 