In this article, the question of the study of the historiography of the policy of Soviet deportation in the works of foreign scientists was considered in detail. Wars and civil conflicts that occur over and over again in the world, as well as the resettlement or deportation of peoples as a result of natural disasters, are not only simultaneous, it is a phenomenon that has been carried out for a long time.

Until the 80s of the XX century, the study of the history of deportation was a burden for Soviet historians, there was no opportunity to obtain archival materials, and even the study of these topics was prohibited. That is why foreign scientists were the first to study these topics. Based on the chronological framework of the topic and the geographical framework of problem research, all available literature can be divided into 2 large groups united by the object of research: data after the collapse of the USSR from 1991 to the present and works of foreign authors. Since the late 1980s, the fact that it was possible to access the funds of documents stored as secret in the Central, Regional Archives of countries other than the CIS and Russia has increased the interest of many scientists in studying the history of deportation policy. Therefore, after this period, research and scientific works began to be published.