In the summer of 1944 to the lowlands of Dagestan, instead of Chechens deported on February 23, part of Laks was forcefully resettled from 43 mountainous villages and their houses demolished: 26 villages partly and 18 fully.
During the Second World War a group of Lak soldiers took part, afterward memorialized as the Laks 6 Heroes of the USSR (one twice).