Latvian Operation of the NKVD
The Latvian Operation (Russian: «Латышская операция», Latvian: „Latviešu operācija”) was a national operation of the NKVD against ethnic Latvians, Latvian nationals and persons otherwise affiliated with Latvia and/or Latvians in the Soviet Union from 1937 to 1938 during the period of the Great Purge.
| Latvian Operation | |
|---|---|
| Part of the national operations of the NKVD | |
| Location | Soviet Union, modern-day Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan and others |
| Date | 1937–1938 |
| Target | Ethnic Latvians, Latvian nationals and persons otherwise affiliated with Latvia and/or Latvians |
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| Deaths | at least 16,573 |
| Perpetrators | People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD) |
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