The chronicle book contains the most valuable, previously little-known documents and materials revealing the tragic history of the past of the peoples of the USSR and population groups belonging to various nationalities who had to endure the difficulties of special settlements, forced labor mobilization, humiliation and insult. Through the prism of documents and materials of the NKVD-MVD, NKGB-MGB, the USSR, the eternal problem of "peoples-power" can be traced, its essence is in 20-50. in the USSR during the heyday of totalitarianism, correcting the mistakes of the past, restoring the rights of deported peoples through their rehabilitation.