How the Russians beat the Chechens during the war. Russian fist against Chechen pride. Chechnya and the Second World War. Evasion of Chechens from conscription into the Red Army. Fascist organization "Caucasian Eagles"
Before the collapse of the USSR
in the Soviet army
there were two types
relationships among conscript soldiers. Statutory ones - in “textbooks”
and, according to rumors, in border units.
And also not statutory,
dominant in all others
army units of the Union.
In the mid-80s, he appeared in the army
a new type of relationship - "community" arose in connection with the increased conscription of Caucasians into combat units, starting in 1984.
At this time, the world was on the brink of a new World War, so everyone was forced into the army.
And from enterprises and institutes of the defense industry, where there was traditionally “reservation”,
Real men, up to 27 years old inclusive, entered the SA in orderly ranks.
I was among the latter.
At 23 years old, with 5 courses in the evening department of the MEPhI Branch
(specialty “applied mathematics”) began to pay “honorable military duty”
at the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region.
Immediately after the “quarantine” I delved into the nuances in detail
informal military relationships, which consisted of the following.
All military personnel were divided into four categories.
"Dummies" - soldiers in the first half of their service,
had no rights - only responsibilities.
"Cherpaki" - soldiers in the second half of their service,
had some relaxations in everyday life, but could lose them at any moment,
if the "dummies" began to "greyhound".
“Pheasants” are old-timers who have completed their first year of “honorable duty”,
it took a long time to get used to the huge number of privileges,
suddenly fell on their tired heads.
“Grandfathers” - soldiers who served for 1.5 years, were freaked out from fatigue,
dreamed only of demobilization.
They were allowed everything.
“Demobilization” - former “grandfathers” who waited for the demobilization order,
with universal melancholy in his eyes, like shadows wandering around the unit and waiting for their “party”.
Hazing relationships were the natural core of the Army.
Young, as a result of terrible stress,
very quickly they became strong specialists and real soldiers.
The “old” warriors not only passed on their experience by inheritance,
but at any moment they could back up an inexperienced warrior,
“organize the process” and quickly solve any difficult problem.
In essence, senior officers took on some of the functions of junior officers
and dealt with them successfully.
In turn, the officers put the “pheasants” and “grandfathers” on a “short leash”,
not allowing them to relax too much in everyday life.
Hazing was practically supported (considered necessary)
many officers and generals of the Soviet Army.
Now let's move on to the “community communities”.
They made their own difficult adjustments to the usual way of life of a soldier.
Caucasians lived in their own close-knit groups,
where teip relationships dominated.
However, the old-time Caucasians skillfully used
including all the privileges of “pheasants” and “grandfathers”,
depending on its own service life.
Non-Caucasian soldiers who ended up in “teip” companies
They found themselves simply in a terrible situation.
Until their demobilization, they were “dummies” and second-class citizens.
And one last thing.
Old-timers according to unwritten soldiers' laws
could not be like the “newcomers” in any way.
Not in the elements appearance, nor in responsibilities.
Violation of these norms could easily lead an apostate to “defeat of rights”
and transferred to the caste of “untouchables”.
Now let's move on to the story itself.
December 1986.
Our military unit powerfully “pumped up” by the Chechens and Dagestanis.
The companies involved in setting up satellites and carriers before the launch
mainly consisted of proud, but extremely stupid horsemen.
Few representatives of “European ethnic groups”
in these units they “flyed” like electric brooms.
For only they could do all the skilled work.
Mountain eagles took pleasure in picking up the pale-faced ones from other mouths
and tried to impose their dominance in the unit.
Russians, Moldovans, Jews, Ukrainians, Belarusians patiently endured
rudeness and physical humiliation from the Caucasian Khazars.
Our headquarters communications company was traditionally staffed by Slavs and Jews,
That's why internal conflicts and hazing
"settled" in the usual ways.
Those who were weak in spirit quickly became classed as “schmucks”
the rest somehow adapted and did not lose their human dignity.
I have always felt moderately independent, starting with the teapot.
When he became a “grandfather,” he “swelled” completely.
Nevertheless, being a cautious person, he did not go into conflict in vain.
So, for the time being, it was possible to disperse peacefully with the Chechens-Dagestans.
Sometimes, with serious compromises and costs for yourself.
Until in December 1986, four months before demobilization, I found myself in a situation
where it was no longer possible to avoid direct conflict.
In the evening, taking advantage of the privilege of the “old warrior”,
I, as usual, went to dinner outside the general formation, on the second shift.
Together with two “teapots” I slowly made my way to the dining room,
where we eventually calmly ate our meal.
According to the unwritten rules of intra-army life,
“grandfather” cannot clean up dirty dishes,
otherwise he risks falling into the category of “Chamors” (“chmoshnikov”),
therefore, this procedure was always performed by young people.
There were first-year Chechens on duty in the kitchen, so I calmly let my fighters go.
And then, thinking about the inevitable demobilization, he himself headed for the exit.
But after taking just a few steps, I heard an imperious shout from behind:
“Hey, corporal, come on, clean up the dishes after yourself!”
I turned and saw a stocky Chechen,
in a businesslike manner, swaying towards me.
Then the following dialogue took place.
- How long have you been serving?
- I asked.
- Year.
- So, “old”.
Then you yourself know who should do what now.
Tighten your young ones.
After that, I turned around and walked towards the exit.
A few seconds later, a strong blow hit me on the cheekbone from behind.
Turning around, I already understood that a fight was inevitable.
If you do not accept such an impudent challenge from the horseman,
perfectly understanding the hopelessness of my situation,
then before demobilization I would have to live in very difficult psychological conditions
(both in the company and during meetings with Chechens).
The balance of power was unimportant.
The Chechen was already laughing joyfully in a dense circle of fellow tribesmen
(on the other side of a line of tables pushed tightly together)
and continued to yell at me menacingly.
However, without looking in my direction.
I took advantage of the latter circumstance.
Stealthily approaching the cheerful circle, I slammed my right half-side kick into the Khazar’s jaw.
He, swearing vilely, began to hit both right and left... into the air.
But he caught two people coming from me on the right through my hand.
After which there was a pause.
Finally, the Khazar rapped out in the ringing silence:
“Well, that’s it, corporal, you’re dead. Now I will kill you."
I won't lie, I was tense.
For from the inner part of the dining room the whole flock of mountain eagles had already flown,
chattering excitedly to each other.
P...v (a surname that it turned out later was worn by a tough Caucasian)
went to the beginning of two lines of tables, between which I found myself sandwiched,
and took a running leap towards me.
If he had hit me, he would have crushed me.
But P...v, as if on purpose, jumped in a straight line (apparently, he didn’t want to hit).
I stood to the side, at the edge of the table, and remained standing there.
A live shell flew past.
P...v fell on all fours and froze.
An amazing situation has arisen.
Behind me stood a silent and confused line of Chechens,
and in front and to the sides - suddenly appeared pale-faced soldiers of the security company,
who arrived late for dinner.
They saw the whole fight and, from the outside, it was noticeable to them
that P... looked demoralized even before the jump.
The proud Vainakh is too accustomed to the resignation and compliance of white people,
that even the slightest resistance threw him into a stupor.
And now he stood motionless on all fours
and did not express the slightest desire to change his position.
I slowly began to walk around P...va, who could very well try to grab me by the legs,
knock him down and continue the fight.
Kill, kill like that!..
But no, he stands on all fours and is silent.
I ask him questions.
Silent.
I order you to rise
(I’m not some kind of Khazarian to beat someone standing on all fours).
Silent.
And then a powerful scream begins.
The Chechens woke up from their hibernation and began shouting encouragement P...vu,
the guys from the security company with wild faces screamed:
“Hit him in the head, corporal. Hit with your feet. Piss the goat!
Finally, P...v rose to his feet. He had the look of a sleepwalker.
I lightly drove into him sideways from the left, and the Chechen obediently squatted down.
I left him in this state. And on time.
At the exit from the dining room I met the ensign,
who was in charge of the soldiers' catering.
If he had caught me at “work,” my demobilization could have occurred in a few years.
(1986 was marked by a “radical change in military discipline”,
and many old-timers, in this regard, were demoted, transferred to other units,
and partly they were imprisoned).
Now let's move on to the mentality of the Caucasians, which is incomprehensible to the Slavs.
A few days later I met P...va.
I walked alone, and he was in a group of Chechen colleagues.
P... in “rasplentsovano” was telling something to his fellow tribesmen with a laugh.
Seeing me, he rushed about, lost his face, and almost ran away in an unknown direction.
I remember being surprised.
Wow, in front of his "countrymen" he was beaten by an "infidel"
publicly fell into a state of shameful, paralyzing fear,
and nothing - again the leader among his fellow tribesmen.
And a few days later I come to the soldier’s cafe in the evening and see
that there were two lines at the distribution counter.
In one - Slavs, Turkmens, Moldovans, Jews, Ukrainians, Belarusians.
In the other - Caucasians.
Only the “Vainakh” line “moves”.
“Residents” of the first stage bravely endure difficulties
interethnic relations and do not blather.
And the most interesting thing is that it “rules” the queues... P...v,
defiantly arrogantly giving instructions to both this and that.
I feel that the pit of my stomach is beginning to suck sadly.
We have to fight again, and an officer or warrant officer could enter the cafe at any moment.
Luckily, our eyes met.
P... immediately turned gray, hunched over, decreased in size,
and, like a faded shadow, along the wall, half-bent, he ran out into the street.
This was inexplicable to me.
If he was so starved, then why doesn’t his authority among his fellow countrymen fall?
What kind of strange laws and secret mechanisms operate in this diaspora?
And also from personal observations.
ALL the other Chechens, except P...va, had no reverence for me.
Until my demobilization, I had to settle relations with them as usual.
That is, my “groundwork” with P ... you, which they were certainly aware of,
in a showdown with them - it didn’t work.
We had to “talk” to each one individually...
Logic that defies explanation.
In general, everything is not in Russian!
Therefore, there is no point in trying to explain the logic and motives of their actions.
The main thing is to understand: their arrogance and toughness are just part of the Khazar mentality.
If they see your readiness to fight to the death, then the Caucasian (for the most part) will falter.
I made this conclusion not only on the basis of the above-described case.
I had a demonstration meeting with a group of Khazar teenagers in Lankaran
in 1983.
The result is very similar.
The only difference is that the Khazars are “tied” to a specific area.
In the first case, these are Chechen Khazars, in the second, Azerbaijani ones.
Therefore, in battles with the Khazars, the Russians
There must always be determination to go to the end,
and then victory will definitely be for the Russian fighter.
This is what my personal experience says.
Igor KULEBYAKIN, Chief Editor newspapers "Moscow Gates",
father of seven children,
currently on the second federal wanted list
according to “Russian” art. 280, part 2 (two episodes)
and 282, part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (two episodes)
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The British newspaper The Sunday Times published excerpts from the personal diary of a high-ranking officer Russian special forces, who participated in the second Chechen war. Columnist Mark Franchetti, who independently translated the text from Russian into English, writes in his commentary that nothing like this has ever been published.
“The text does not pretend to be a historical overview of the war. This is the author's story. A testimony that was written over 10 years, a chilling chronicle of executions, torture, revenge and despair during 20 business trips to Chechnya,” this is how he characterizes this publication in the article “War in Chechnya: Diary of a Killer,” which InoPressa refers to.
Excerpts from the diary contain descriptions of military operations, treatment of prisoners and the death of comrades in battle, and unflattering statements about the command. “To protect the author from punishment, his identity, names of people and place names are omitted,” notes Franchetti.
The author of the notes calls Chechnya “cursed” and “bloody.” The conditions in which they had to live and fight drove even such strong and “trained” men as special forces soldiers crazy. He describes cases when their nerves gave way and they began to rush at each other, starting fights, or tormented the corpses of militants, cutting off their ears and noses.
At the beginning of the above notes, apparently dating back to one of his first business trips, the author writes that he felt sorry for the Chechen women whose husbands, sons and brothers joined the militants. So, in one of the villages where she entered Russian part and where the wounded militants remained, two women turned to him with a plea to release one of them. He heeded their request.
“I could have executed him on the spot at that moment. But I felt sorry for the women,” writes the special forces soldier. “The women didn’t know how to thank me, they shoved money into my hands. I took the money, but it settled on my soul like a heavy burden. I felt guilty before our dead guys.”
According to the diary, the rest of the wounded Chechens were treated completely differently. “They were dragged outside, stripped naked and stuffed into a truck. Some walked on their own, others were beaten and pushed. One Chechen, who lost both feet, climbed out on his own, walking on his stumps. After a few steps, he lost consciousness and sank to the ground. The soldiers beat him, stripped him naked and threw him into a truck. I didn't feel sorry for the prisoners. It was just an unpleasant sight,” writes the soldier.
According to him, the local population looked at the Russians with hatred, and the wounded militants - with such hatred and contempt that their hand involuntarily reached for weapons. He says that the departing Chechens left a wounded Russian prisoner in that village. His arms and legs were broken so that he could not escape.
In another case, the author describes a fierce battle during which special forces drove militants out of a house where they were holed up. After the battle, the soldiers searched the building and found several mercenaries in the basement who were fighting on the side of the Chechens. “They all turned out to be Russians and fought for money,” he writes. “They started screaming, begging us not to kill them, because they have families and children. Well, so what? We ourselves also did not end up in this hole straight from an orphanage. We executed everyone."
“The truth is that the bravery of the people fighting in Chechnya is not appreciated,” the special forces soldier says in his diary. As an example, he cites an incident that he was told about by soldiers of another detachment, with whom they whiled away one of the nights. In front of one of their guys, his twin brother was killed, but he not only was not demoralized, but desperately continued to fight.
"This is how people go missing"
Quite often in the records there are descriptions of how the military destroyed traces of their activities related to the use of torture or executions of captured Chechens. In one place, the author writes that one of the dead militants was wrapped in plastic, shoved into a well filled with liquid mud, covered with TNT and blown up. “This is how people go missing,” he adds.
They did the same with a group of Chechen suicide bombers who were captured on a tip from their hideout. One of them was over 40, the other was barely 15. “They were high and smiled at us all the time. At the base, all three were interrogated. At first, the eldest, the female suicide bomber recruiter, refused to talk. But this changed after beatings and electric shock,” the author writes.
As a result, the suicide bombers were executed and their bodies were blown up to hide the evidence. “So, in the end, they got what they dreamed of,” the soldier says.
“The highest echelons of the army are full of assholes”
Many passages in the diary contain sharp criticism of the command, as well as politicians who send others to death, while they themselves remain completely safe and with impunity.
“Once I was struck by the words of an idiot general: he was asked why the families of the sailors who died on the Kursk nuclear submarine were paid large compensation, while the soldiers killed in Chechnya were still waiting for theirs. “Because the losses at Kursk were unforeseen, but in Chechnya they are predicted,” he said. So we are cannon fodder. The higher echelons of the army are full of assholes like him,” the text says.
On another occasion, he tells how his squad was ambushed because they were deceived by their own commander. “The Chechen, who promised him several AK-47s, persuaded him to help him commit blood feud. There were no rebels in the house that he sent us to clear,” writes the special forces soldier.
“When we returned to the base, the dead guys were lying in bags on the runway. I opened one of the bags, took my friend’s hand and said, “I’m sorry.” Our commander didn’t even take the trouble to say goodbye to the guys. He was completely drunk. At that moment I hated him. He always didn’t care about the guys, he just used them to make a career. Later he even tried to blame me for the failed cleanup. Asshole. Sooner or later he will pay for his sins,” the author curses him.
“It’s a pity that you can’t go back and fix something”
The notes also talk about how the war affected the soldier’s personal life - in Chechnya he constantly missed home, his wife and children, and when returning, he constantly quarreled with his wife, often got drunk with his colleagues and often did not spend the night at home. Going on one of his long business trips, from which he might never return alive, he did not even say goodbye to his wife, who had slapped him the day before.
“I often think about the future. How much more suffering awaits us? How much longer can we hold out? For what?" - writes the special forces soldier. “I have a lot of good memories, but only about the guys who really risked their lives for the part. It's a pity that you can't go back and fix something. All I can do is try to avoid the same mistakes and try my best to live a normal life.”
“I gave 14 years of my life to special forces, lost many, many close friends; for what? “In the depths of my soul, I am left with pain and the feeling that I was treated unfairly,” he continues. And the final phrase of the publication is: “I regret only one thing - that maybe if I had behaved differently in battle, some of the guys would still be alive.”
From 1817 to 1864, the Russian Empire fought the Caucasian War, the goal of which was to annex the mountainous regions of the North Caucasus. The most ardent opponent of Russia turned out to be Imam Shamil, who founded the theocratic state of the North Caucasus Imamate on the territory of modern Dagestan and Chechnya. Fighting action The wars were characterized by bloodshed and tenacity of the parties, and one of its features were numerous cases of desertion of Russian soldiers and their defection to the side of the highlanders.
One of Imam Shamil's closest assistants and translator was the fugitive soldier Andrei Martin, who converted to Islam and became Idris. History has preserved the names of other defectors: ensign Zaletov, soldier Rodimtsev, whom Shamil distinguished for his bravery, Yakov Alpatov, who led a detachment of Chechens and led reconnaissance behind Russian lines.
Why did the Russians go over to the enemy's side?
Since the 17th and 18th centuries, Russian soldiers, unable to withstand the hardships of service, constant drill and punishment, fled to the highlanders. The recruiting system became a continuation of the policy of serfdom in the army, and former peasants were looking for opportunities to start new life among the free tribes of Dagestan and Chechnya.
In the 19th century, service in the Caucasus was considered unprestigious and equated to exile, which was called “warm Siberia.” Offending officers and the most unreliable units were sent here. Often these were freedom-loving people and adventurers imbued with spirit, who did not understand why Russia was at war with the highlanders. Having been captured or escaped, the Russians found themselves in a special atmosphere in which the entire population participated in the war. Gradually they became drawn into the conflict and turned their weapons against their former colleagues.
Soldiers, serving in the Caucasus, were saturated with the local culture and, having committed any offense, ran away to the mountains, where they quickly found a common language with the inhabitants of the villages who were psychologically similar to them. At that time, a gang of abrek thugs and Russian deserters, who robbed all participants in the conflict with equal zeal, did not surprise anyone.
The highlanders had a special relationship with the local Cossacks. A century of living together has developed between them respect, similarity of life and behavior. Almost every Cossack had kunaks from Chechens or Dagestanis, with whom he was closer in mentality than with a Great Russian from central Russia.
There are widespread cases of schismatic Cossacks fleeing entire families and villages to the mountains, from where they, together with the mountaineers, staged raids and stole livestock. Defectors often served as guides and spies.
How Russians lived among the highlanders
In the territories controlled by Shamil, there were entire settlements inhabited by Russian deserters, and the largest group lived in the village of Dargo. Here, 500 former soldiers were engaged in servicing cannons, casting cannonballs and grapeshot, and training mountaineers in military affairs. Captured Chechens said that 300 Russians live in Vedeno and another 200 people live in the villages of the Chara region.
The mountaineers even developed the expression “our own Russians” and Imam Shamil especially valued defectors, whom he also used for police purposes. In a letter dated 1844, Shamil wrote that he considered the Russian fugitives his friends and asked that all conditions be created for their transition to Islam. The imam encouraged Russians to marry Chechen and Dagestani women, after which the deserters converted to Islam and were recognized as full members of the community.
At the same time, fugitives and prisoners were not prohibited from performing Orthodox rituals not only in villages, but also in the capital of the Imamate. After the Andean Congress of Naibs, it was decided to support all Russian defectors at the expense of the treasury. The policy of patronage over deserters contributed to an increase in their number and a decrease in the morale of the army.
How the traitors fought
In addition to training and maintaining artillery, the Russians actively participated in combat operations against their compatriots. They played the role of guides, scouts and commanders of mounted detachments of mountaineers. In the spring of 1854, in the village of Dargo, captured Russian soldiers and officers were shot with grapeshot. Deserters stood behind the guns. The traitors understood that there would be no mercy for them, so they fought bravely and always resisted to the last.
The soldiers considered it their duty to destroy defectors and responded to them with the same bitterness. During Shamil’s last battle in the mountain village of Gunib, he was guarded by his last 400 murid supporters. Most of the mountaineers betrayed their imam, and only Russian and Polish deserters desperately resisted to the last and all died.
The fate of deserters
The Russian command tried to solve the problem of desertion and even bought fugitives from the highlanders, paying for them with salt. In 1845, the “Appeal of the Caucasian command to the Russian soldiers who fled to the mountains” was compiled, in which it was announced that all misdeeds would be forgiven without penalties. Most of the deserters converted to Islam and, having become spiritually related to the freedom-loving mountaineers, refused to surrender.
The appeal did not have much success, but some of the fugitives voluntarily surrendered. Together with their mountain wives and children, they were resettled to villages on the territory of Chechnya, and 47 families were enrolled in the Cossack class. Nowadays, some teips in Chechnya and Ingushetia are considered Russian due to the fact that they accepted Russian deserters.
Since the time of Khrushchev’s “thaw” and especially after “Perestroika” and “democratization” at the end of the 20th century, it has been generally accepted that the deportation of small nations during the Great Patriotic War Patriotic War- this is one of the many crimes of I. Stalin, in a series of many.
Especially, allegedly, Stalin hated the “proud mountaineers” - the Chechens and Ingush. They even provide the evidence base for Stalin, a Georgian, and at one time the mountaineers annoyed Georgia a lot, and they even helped Russian Empire asked. So the Red Emperor decided to settle old scores, i.e. the reason is purely subjective.
Later, a second version appeared - nationalist, it was put into circulation by Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov (professor at the Institute of Language and Literature). This “scientist,” when the Nazis approached Chechnya, went over to the enemy’s side and organized a detachment to fight the partisans. At the end of the war, he lived in Germany, working at Radio Liberty.” In his version, the scale of the Chechen resistance is increased in every possible way and the fact of cooperation between the Chechens and the Germans is completely denied.
But this is another “black myth” invented by slanderers to distort.
Actually reasons
- Mass desertion of Chechens and Ingush: in just three years of the Great Patriotic War, 49,362 Chechens and Ingush deserted from the ranks of the Red Army, another 13,389 “valiant highlanders” evaded conscription (Chuev S. North Caucasus 1941-1945. War on the home front. Reviewer. 2002, No. 2).
For example: at the beginning of 1942, when creating a national division, it was possible to recruit only 50% of the personnel.
In total, approximately 10 thousand Chechens and Ingush honestly served in the Red Army, 2.3 thousand people died or went missing. And more than 60 thousand of their relatives evaded military duty.
- Banditry. From July 1941 to 1944, on the territory of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, authorities state security 197 gangs were liquidated - 657 bandits were killed, 2762 were captured, 1113 surrendered voluntarily. For comparison, in the ranks of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army, almost half as many Chechens and Ingush died or were captured. This is without counting the losses of the “highlanders” in the ranks of Hitler’s “eastern battalions”.
And taking into account the complicity of the local population, without which banditry is not possible in the mountains, due to the primitive communal psychology of the mountaineers, many
“peaceful Chechens and Ingush” can also be included in the category of traitors. Which in wartime, and often in peacetime, is punishable only by death.
- Uprisings of 1941 and 1942.
- Harboring saboteurs. As the front approached the borders of the republic, the Germans began to send scouts and saboteurs into its territory. The German reconnaissance and sabotage groups were received very favorably by the local population.
The memoirs of a German saboteur of Avar origin, Osman Gube (Saidnurov), are very eloquent; they planned to appoint him Gauleiter (governor) in the North Caucasus:
“Among the Chechens and Ingush I easily found the right people, ready to betray, go over to the side of the Germans and serve them.
I was surprised: what are these people unhappy with? Chechens and Ingush Soviet power they lived prosperously, in abundance, much better than in pre-revolutionary times, which I personally became convinced of after more than four months of being on the territory of Checheno-Ingushetia.
The Chechens and Ingush, I repeat, do not need anything, which caught my eye when I recalled the difficult conditions and constant deprivations in which the mountain emigration found itself in Turkey and Germany. I did not find any other explanation except that these people from the Chechens and Ingush, with treasonous sentiments towards their Motherland, were guided by selfish considerations, the desire under the Germans to preserve at least the remnants of their well-being, to provide a service, in compensation for which the occupiers would leave them at least part available livestock and products, land and housing.”
- Betrayal of local internal affairs bodies, representatives of local authorities, local intelligentsia. For example: the traitor became the People's Commissar of Internal Affairs of the CHI ASSR Ingush Albogachiev, the head of the department for combating banditry of the NKVD of the CHI ASSR Idris Aliev, the heads of the regional departments of the NKVD Elmurzaev (Staro-Yurtovsky), Pashaev (Sharoevsky), Mezhiev (Itum-Kalinsky, Isaev (Shatoevsky), heads of regional police departments Khasaev (Itum-Kalinsky), Isaev (Cheberloevsky), commander of a separate fighter battalion of the Suburban regional department of the NKVD Ortskhanov and many others.
Two-thirds of the first secretaries of the district committees abandoned their posts as the front line approached (August-September 1942); apparently the rest were “Russian-speaking.” The first “prize” for betrayal can be awarded to the party organization of the Itum-Kalinsky district, where the first secretary of the district committee Tangiev, the second secretary Sadykov and almost all party workers became bandits.
How should traitors be punished!?
According to the law, in wartime conditions, desertion and evasion military service shall be punished by execution, with a fine as a mitigating measure.
Banditry, organizing an uprising, collaborating with the enemy - death.
Participation in anti-Soviet underground organizations, possession, complicity in committing crimes, harboring criminals, failure to report - all these crimes, especially in conditions of war, were punishable by long prison terms.
Stalin, according to the laws of the USSR, had to allow sentences to be brought forward, according to which over 60 thousand highlanders would be shot. And tens of thousands would receive long sentences in institutions with a very strict regime.
From the point of view of legality and Justice, the Chechens and Ingush were punished very mildly and violated the Criminal Code for the sake of humanity and mercy.
How would millions of representatives of other nations who honestly defended their common homeland look at complete “forgiveness”?
Interesting fact! During Operation Lentil, which expelled Chechens and Ingush in 1944, only 50 people were killed while resisting or trying to escape. The “warlike highlanders” did not offer any real resistance; “the cat knew whose butter it had eaten.” As soon as Moscow demonstrated its strength and firmness, the mountaineers obediently went to the assembly points, they knew their Guilt.
Another feature of the operation is that Dagestanis and Ossetians were brought in to help with the eviction; they were glad to get rid of their restless neighbors.
Modern parallels
We must not forget that this eviction did not “cure” the Chechens and Ingush from their “diseases”. Everything that was present during the Great Patriotic War - banditry, robberies, abuse of civilians (“not mountaineers”), betrayal of local authorities and security agencies, cooperation with the enemies of Russia (special services of the West, Turkey, Arab states) was repeated in the 90s. e years of the 20th century.
Russians must remember that no one has yet responded for this, neither the merchant government in Moscow, which abandoned civilians to their fate, nor the Chechen people. He will have to Answer, sooner or later - both according to the Criminal Code and according to Justice.
Sources: based on materials from the book by I. Pykhalov, A. Dyukov. The Great Slandered War -2. M. 2008.
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