The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> begins the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Lentil_(Caucasus)" id="mw2w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Lentil (Caucasus)">forced deportation</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechens" id="mw3A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chechens">Chechen</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingush_people" id="mw3Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ingush people">Ingush people</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Caucasus" id="mw3g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Caucasus">North Caucasus</a> to Central Asia.