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After German retreat from Caucasus the Chechens and Ingush were find guilty in [[collaborationism]] and forcibly resettled to [[Kazakhstan]]. However, some rebel groups stayed in the mountains, continuing the resistance. Rebel group were formed also in Kazakhstan. <ref name="Abramyan"/> |
After German retreat from Caucasus the Chechens and Ingush were find guilty in [[collaborationism]] and forcibly resettled to [[Kazakhstan]]. However, some rebel groups stayed in the mountains, continuing the resistance. Rebel group were formed also in Kazakhstan. <ref name="Abramyan"/> |
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Revision as of 11:00, 1 July 2007
| 1940-1944 Chechnya insurgency | |||||||
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| Part of World War II | |||||||
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Chechen, Ingush and other mountaineer rebels Abwehr wreckers |
 Soviet Union | ||||||
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Hasan Israilov Mairbek Sheripov | |||||||
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5,000 men (November 1941) 6540 men (February 1943) several dosen wreckers [1][2] | 110,000 (Operation Lentil) | ||||||
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at least 4,368 dead[1] deportation | 12,000 dead[2] | ||||||
1940-1944 Chechnya insurgency was a revolt against the Soviet authorities in the Mountainous Chechnya. Beginning as early as in January 1940 under Hasan Israilov, it peaked in 1942 during the German occupation of North Caucasus and ended in the beginning of 1944 with the deportation of the Chechens and Ingush people. However, the resistance lasted until 1953 and the last rebel was killed only in 1976 at the age of 70. During the insurgency rebels had no control over the plains of Chechnya and it's capital Grozny.
The first stage of the insurgency was inspririted by the Finland's success in the Winter War. In February 1940 Israilov's rebel army took Galanchozh, Sayasan, Chaberloi and a part of Shatoi District. The rebel government was established in Galanchozh.[2]
Mairbek Sheripov declared war to the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941.[1] In February 1942 his group rebelled in Shatoi, Khimokhk and tried to took Itum-Kale. They united with Israilov's army relying on the soon Wehrmacht arrival. In neighbouring Daghestan rebels also took the neighbourhoods of Novolakskaya and Dylym.
It is known, that the Soviet Union used bombers against the rebels, causing losses first of all to civilian population.[2]
It is known that Abwehr's Nordkaukasische Sonderkommando «Schamil» landed in several points in Chechnya, coordinating strikes with rebels. 25 September German paratroopes landed in Dachu-Borzoi and Duba-Yurt and took the Grozny petroleum refinery, to prevent it's destruction by the Red Army in case of it's retreat. Then they united with the rebels, trying to hold refinery before German the 1-st Tank Army's arrival. However, 25-27 September German tank army was defeated and the wreckers was forced to retreat.
The insurrection provoked many Chechen and Ingush soldiers to desert. Some sources claim that total number of deserted mountaineer soldiers reached 62,750, exceeding the number of the fighters in the Red Army. In some areas up to 80% of men were involved to the insurrection.[1]
Deportation
After German retreat from Caucasus the Chechens and Ingush were find guilty in collaborationism and forcibly resettled to Kazakhstan. However, some rebel groups stayed in the mountains, continuing the resistance. Rebel group were formed also in Kazakhstan. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Template:Ru icon Эдуард Абрамян. Кавказцы в Абвере. М. "Яуза", 2006
- ^ a b c d Template:Ru icon Александр УРАЛОВ (А. АВТОРХАНОВ). Убийство чечено-ингушского народа. Народоубийство в СССР