70th Anniversary of Operation North

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It was the largest confessional deportation in the history of the USSR. 9,793 followers of the religion of Jehovah's Witnesses and their families lost their homes and were sent to Siberia. The decision was approved personally by Stalin. The echoes of the operation are felt even 70 years later, in the context of modern criminal prosecution of believers of this religion in Russia.

Details, archival documents, videos and photographs, as well as a virtual exhibition - all this can be found on the website of the 1951deport.org, which was created for the anniversary of Operation North.

April 13, 2021

Statistics and Overview

What Was Said at the International Memorial Society Round Table on the 70th Anniversary of the Siberian Exile of Jehovah's Witnesses?

April 8, 2021

Statistics and Overview

New web project about the deportation of Jehovah's Witnesses in the Soviet Union: 3D exhibition, photos, documents, books

April 7, 2021

Говорят очевидцы

70 years of Operation North - eyewitnesses and experts discuss the mass deportation of Jehovah's Witnesses in the USSR

April 7, 2021

Statistics and Overview

On April 8 and 9, a series of online conferences will be held to commemorate the mass deportation of Jehovah's Witnesses in the USSR

April 6, 2021

Statistics and Overview

On April 6, 2021 the International Memorial Society is holding a round table in Moscow entitled "70 Years of Operation "North"". An online live transmission of the event is being made available

April 3, 2021

Statistics and Overview

"70th Anniversary of Operation North. Lessons of Persecution" press conference was held in Moscow

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