| Finnish Operation of the NKVD | |
|---|---|
| Part of the mass operations of the NKVD during the Great Purge | |
| Location |  Soviet Union |
| Date | 1937–1938 |
| Target | Finns |
Attack type | Ethnic cleansing Prison shootings |
| Deaths | 8,000–25,000 |
| Perpetrators | NKVD |
| Motive | Russification Anti-Finnish sentiment |
The Finnish Operation of the NKVD was a mass arrest, execution and deportations of persons of Finnish origin in the Soviet Union by the NKVD during the period of the Great Purge (1937–1938). It was a part of the larger mass operations of the NKVD which targeted many minority nationalities in the Soviet Union. Different estimations range from 8,000 to 25,000 of Finns killed or disappearing during the repression.[1]
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