, ▁along ▁with ▁ 9 6 , 3 2 7 ▁Ing ush , ▁ 1 0 4 , 1 4 6 ▁Kal my ks , ▁ 3 9 , 4 0 7 ▁B alk ars ▁and ▁ 7 1 , 8 6 9 ▁Kar ach ays ) ▁were ▁deport ed . ▁Many ▁died ▁along ▁the ▁trip , ▁and ▁the ▁extremely ▁har sh ▁environment ▁of ▁Si ber ia ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁of ▁other ▁regions ▁the ▁people ▁were ▁deport ed ▁to ▁( es pecially ▁considering ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁expos ure ) ▁killed ▁many ▁more . ▁ ▁The ▁NK VD , ▁supp lying ▁the ▁Russian ▁perspective , ▁gives ▁the ▁stat istic ▁of ▁ 1 4 4 , 7 0 4 ▁people ▁killed ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 – 1 9 4 8 ▁alone ▁( de ath ▁rate ▁of ▁ 2 3 . 5 % ▁per ▁all ▁groups ), ▁though ▁this ▁is ▁dismiss ed ▁by ▁many ▁authors ▁such ▁as ▁Tony ▁Wood , ▁John ▁Dun lop , ▁Mos he ▁Gam mer ▁and ▁others ▁as ▁a ▁gross ▁under statement . ▁Est im ates ▁for ▁death s ▁of ▁the ▁Che ch ens ▁alone ▁( ex cluding ▁the ▁NK VD ▁figures ), ▁range ▁from ▁about ▁ 1 7 0 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 , ▁thus ▁r anging ▁from ▁over ▁a ▁third ▁of ▁the ▁total ▁Che chen ▁population ▁to ▁nearly ▁half ▁being ▁killed ▁in ▁those ▁ 4 ▁years ▁alone ▁( r ates ▁for ▁other ▁groups ▁for ▁those ▁four ▁years ▁hover ▁around ▁