Estonian Operation of the NKVD

For a topical guide, see Outline of the Great Purge (Soviet Union).

For a chronological guide, see Timeline of the Great Purge.

The Estonian Operation of the NKVD was a mass arrest, execution and deportations of persons of Estonian origin in the Soviet Union by the NKVD during the period of 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. A total of 4,672 were killed during the repression.^[1]

Estonian Operation of the NKVD
Part of the mass operations of the NKVD during the Great Purge
Location	Soviet Union
Date	1937–1938
Target	Estonians
Attack type	Ethnic cleansing Prison shootings
Deaths	4,672
Perpetrators	Soviet NKVD