February 23 is the 62 anniversary of the total deportation of Chechen and Ingush Nations to Central Asia and Siberia. On February 23, 1994 the first President of Independent Chechen State Dzhokhar Dudayev signed a special Decree on the Day of Rebirth of the Chechen Nation.
Speaking at the meeting in Jokhar, the Chechen President stated, - «Our enemies want the Chechen people to remain in constant mourning and to constantly mourn the losses of their relatives and loved ones. We are rejecting the eternal mourning. The Chechen Nation has strong spirit and strong faith. From now on and forever this day will become the Day of Rebirth of the Chechen Nation, the Day of the demonstration that we are alive and that we are fighting no matter what. Regardless of all the efforts that our enemies are making in order to plunge us into eternal mourning. We will not mourn, we will not forget or forgive!»
According to the sources of Kavkaz Center, the actions dedicated to the Day of Rebirth of the Chechen Nation will be conducted in many cities in Europe and Russia. The actions will be conducted most actively in Belgium, France, Poland, in the Baltic States, in Western Ukraine, Germany, Denmark, Georgia and in other countries of the world.
On this day in 1944 Chechen and Ingush nations were deported to Central Asia and Siberia within 24 hours. On the way out there and throughout the 13 years 50 percent of the population died. If you consider the unborn, the losses of the Chechen side were two thirds out of the overall number. The sick and the residents of mountain villages were shot or burned to save time. The best known facts of monstrous murders were:
Burning 700 to 1000 women, children (including infants) and the elderly in a stable of Haibakh collective state-owned farm;
Shooting five thousand residents of Galanchozh District of Chechnya, whose bodies were dumped into the Galachozh Lake;
Shooting sick Chechens, who at the moment of the deportation were in the hospitals of the Republic. The most notorious case of shooting the sick was the mass murder of Chechens in Urus-Martan Village Hospital.
In 1957 the Soviet authorities made the decision to allow Chechens to return home. However, no help to those returning was given by the authorities. Within 5 to 7 years the vast majority of Chechens still returned to their Homeland. Several tens of thousands of Chechens remained in Kazakhstan and in other Republics of Central Asia.
In 1958 Russians conducted rallies in Grozny on a mass scale. They were demanding that the Chechens get sent back to Siberia. The raids against Chechens could only be prevented with decisive actions of Chechens themselves, even though by that time there were only 30 thousand Chechens in the Republic.
Kavkaz-Center
2006-02-23 01:03:31
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