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{{Infobox civil conflict
| title = 1951 anti-Chechen pogrom in Eastern Kazakhstan
| partof = the [[Chechen–Russian conflict]]
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| place = {{flagu|Soviet Union}}
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| date = {{longitem|{{start date|10 April 1951|df=yes}}{{spaced ndash}}{{end date|18 June 1951|df=yes}}<br/>{{smaller|({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=04|day1=10|year1=1951|month2=06|day2=18|year2=1951}})}}}}
| status = '''Ended'''
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| methods = {{hlist |[[Riot]]s}}
| injuries = 
| fatalities = 40-41 killed
}}
{{Campaignbox Chechen–Russian conflict}}
The '''anti-Chechen pogrom in Eastern Kazakhstan''' took place in spring and summer, 1951, in Eastern [[Kazakhstan]] (part of the [[Soviet Union]] at the time), upon ethnic tensions between mainly ethnic [[Russians]] and [[Operation Lentil (Caucasus)|deported]] [[Chechens]]. A [[blood libel]] rumor, according to which the Chechens allegedly use "Christian blood in their rituals" may also have contributed to the escalation of events. The riots occurred in 3 cities - [[Ridder, Kazakhstan|Leninogorsk]], [[Oskemen|Ust-Kamenogorsk]] and [[Zyryanovsk]].<ref name=cent/>

The main riots took place on April 10, 1951, in the Chechen-city neighbourhood of [[Ridder, Kazakhstan|Leninogorsk]].<ref name=cent>[http://www.centrasia.ru/newsA.php?st=1049445300]</ref> The riots, led by groups of amnestied criminals upon the Chechen civilians led to the deaths of 40-41 people, mainly of [[Peoples of the Caucasus|Caucasian origins]]. Arrests were late made by Soviet authorities on initiators and 50 people from among the criminals were persecuted by courts, though no riot leaders were identified.

==See also==
*[[ethnic violence]]

==References==
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[[Category:1951 in the Soviet Union]]
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