In 1933, deep in Siberia, thousands of people were dumped on a remote island with almost nothing to survive.

They had no shelter, no tools, and barely any food. What followed was chaos, starvation, and a descent into one of the darkest episodes of the Soviet era.

It wasn't just a humanitarian disaster. It was the result of a system that treated human beings as expendable.

Learn more about the Nazino tragedy and why it still stands as a warning about the consequences of unchecked power on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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To understand the Nazino tragedy, it has to be placed within the broader context of the early 1930s under the rule of Joseph Stalin. The Soviet Union was in the midst of force collectivization,

rapid industrialization, and widespread famine.

In early 1933, Soviet officials, including security chief Yenrik Jogada and Gulag administrator

Matvi-Burman, proposed an ambitious plan to deport up to a million Kulaks, or wealthy

farmers, to Siberia and Kazakhstan, where they would establish special settlements

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