History of Chechnya
For the most part the people of Chechnya welcomed revolution of the tsar in the February 1917. The Union of the People of Caucasus involving Chechens was founded that spring. The Chechen society hoped this organization would provide national revival with new institutions under local rule.The Highlanders welcomed the Bolshevik slogans of individual freedom, freedom of faith, equality, land for farmers and the granting of the right for self-determination to the oppressed people and even secession. Beginning of Soviet rule in ChechnyaBolsheviks solved national and social issues as a part of the proletarian class struggle. Chechens received a tough regime alien to their traditions of social and economic system instead of the promised freedom, equality, land, independence, respect to national traditions and religion.A method of divide and rule was applied by the Bolsheviks which in turn started rivalry between various ethnic and religious groups of the highlander's society. The hostile villages were leveled to ground by artillery attacks and the people left were either executed or deported. The Bolsheviks forces more easily establish law and order in large the cities of Chechnya however they had difficulty co
177 livestock transporting trains carried more than 600 000 Chechens and Ingushs to Central Asia and Kazakhstan. The Special Party of Caucasian Brothers was formed and aimed to unite all rebel groups to fight against the Stalinist regime. Feelings of harmed national pride of Chechens grew between 1957 until the fall of the Soviet Union. Stalinist repression in the 1930's During the beginning of Stalin's rule a large military operation was carried out in Chechnya in to disarm the autonomous region of Chechnya and capture the leaders of counter-revolution. For any violation of these rules and regulations any person could be sentenced to 20 year-imprisonment without a trial or investigation. Thousands of people, including old men and women were killed during the suppression in the mountainous areas. They were strictly prohibited to move away more than three kilometers from their homes. The Soviet government decided to restore the statehood of the people who were subjected to repression, including the Checheno-Ingushkaya autonomous republic, on the 9th January 1957. In August 1957 Russian-speaking people staged mass riots in Grozny provoked by the chauvinist party leaders. Commandants were the full-pledged master of the fate of several hundred thousand defenseless people who had no rights. More than 30 000 Chechens served willingly and bravely in the Red Army. The Interior Ministry carried out hunting operations for people who refused to leave their homeland up to 1957 when Chechens started return home. The uprising was well organized and the rebels were fearless in fighting and launched continuous attacks despite heavy losses. Chechens were the people of second-rate in their homeland until the collapse of the Soviet Union. Under the pressure of the central party leaders the introduction of the Soviet style of life had been stepped up in Chechnya.
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