In the second world war, Stalin decided that Russia's Germans were disloyal, even though they had lived by the Volga for 200 years, and had them transported to Kazakhstan and Kirgizstan.

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Though many Chechens fought valiantly in the Soviet army during the second world war, Stalin accused them of supporting the Germans and deported the entire Chechen population to Kazakhstan, where at least 100, 000 died of cold and hunger.

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Filatov's version, painted after Stalin requested a second version of the artwork to show to the world, was found by chance in the Bahamas by his art dealer, Rena Lavery.

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