After World War II, a campaign began in Soviet Armenia to return Armenians to their homeland. Since 1946, over four years, more than 90 thousand Armenians from Syria, Lebanon, Bulgaria, Iran, Romania, Greece, Iraq, France, Egypt, Palestine, and the USA have arrived in Armenia. Instead of the promised houses, people were settled in basements and buildings not intended for life. By 1949, the vector of Soviet policy towards Armenians had changed. On the night of June 13-14, 2754 families (12.3 thousand people) were deported to the Altai Territory, of which 1578 were repatriates. Among them is the Maral family.