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| Participants of the rally in Novokuli honor the memory of the victims of Stalin deportation |
| 2024-02-24 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] Every Chechen family suffered from deportation, said participants in the Novolaksky district of Dagestan. According to them, the memory of the deportation of the Vainakhs and its victims is passed on from generation to generation. As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on the 80th anniversary of Stalin's deportation of the Vainakhs, the public organization "Aukh" announced Muslim commemoration rites in the Novolaksky region of Dagestan. The local prosecutor's office warned the organizers against unauthorized actions, including rallies and pickets. The restoration of the Aukhovsky district, which was planned to be completed by 2025, has actually been stopped for many years, the resettlement of Laks and the construction of new houses have been disrupted, local activists said. At today's rally, residents of the Novolaksky district noted that they have to remind the authorities of the need for complete territorial and political rehabilitation of the Chechen people. Eighty years ago, on February 23, 1944, Operation Lentil began, during which almost 500,000 Chechens and Ingush were massively evicted from the territory of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. You can read more about these events and their consequences in the Caucasian Knot reference material “Deportation of Chechens and Ingush”. A translated version can also be found here The deportation of the Vainakhs is directly related to the unresolved issue of the rights of the Chechens of Dagestan, who have been waiting for about 30 years for the restoration of the Aukhovsky region, as indicated in the “Caucasian Knot” certificate “The main thing about Aukh: what the Chechens demand from the authorities of Dagestan.” More than 2,000 people took part in memorial prayers in memory of the victims of the deportation of the Vainakhs, the head of the Public Council of Chechens of Dagestan Arbi Batyrsultanov told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. “We gathered in the village of Novokuli, Novolaksky district of Dagestan. At the time of the prayer there were about two thousand people, then after the prayer about 300 people came to us from different settlements. In total, there were more than 2,300 of us, maybe more. Employees of the Chechen representative office in Dagestan were present. After the prayer, the elders spoke, people who had experienced this tragedy themselves, told in detail how it happened and how they survived this tragedy. I gave a speech, talked about some episodes of this terrible tragedy, then reminded about the law on rehabilitation, the territorial program rehabilitation, that is, the restoration of the Aukhovsky district,” he said. According to him, all Chechens have relatives who suffered from repression. "Many people in my family suffered. My older brothers and sister were born in Kyrgyzstan, in places of eviction. My father, mother, grandfather and grandmother were deported. They were all repressed. Thank Allah they all managed to return. But I also had other relatives who "We couldn't return. Every Chechen family today remembers the victims and makes duas. Children must be told about this tragedy so that no one will ever forget," he emphasized. The story of 82-year-old Yakhmat, who became a victim of deportation at the age of two, touched many of those present. “She was expelled as a two-year-old child. Her mother died there in the hospital, and she was left alone. We just got there, and her mother died. She was adopted by a mediocre party worker. She grew up in this family, searched for her relatives and friends for a long time, and finally found them. Today she attended the meeting along with her two daughters,” her nephew Shamsudin told the Caucasian Knot. According to him, Yakhmat has one desire - that this does not happen to anyone. "She told how it all happened, all the details of the tragedy. In the end, she wished that such tragic events would never happen again, so that we would live in peace and harmony. And so that this does not happen, we must always remember these events, honor the memory of the victims and try achieve rehabilitation," he said. Sultan Shavkhalov said that the memorial prayer was organized and conducted at the highest level. "There was a mourning event dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the deportation of Chechens and Ingush. About 2,500 people gathered. Everyone honored the memory of those who died as a result of the repressions, expressed sympathy for those who survived this tragedy. The event was perfectly organized, everything went well, despite terrible weather. Local young guys ensured order. There were also representatives of law enforcement agencies. They didn’t interfere, they just watched from the sidelines,” he told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent. Shavkhalov himself was born in the Kirghiz SSR in 1954. “When they started deporting, my father was already married, he had a son and a daughter. That is, they deported the father, his wife, son and daughter. On the second day of deportation, his one-year-old son died, they didn’t allow him to bury him, they buried him in the snow. Then four days later "The day my wife died. Four years later, my father got married and we came along. I myself was born in the Kyrgyz SSR. And we returned in 1958, when I was four years old," he recalled. According to him, every Chechen family has a victim of repression. “Every year we remember them, the stories are passed down from generation to generation. The elders tell the younger ones. I tell my grandchildren now, they listen carefully, absorb. Usually on this day they arrange mawlid at home, make dua, remember the dead. It’s a pity, of course, that 23 February marks Defender of the Fatherland Day, and for us this day is a tragedy,” he noted. In Chechen families, February 23 is a day of great tragedy, Umar agreed. “For us today is mourning, a tragedy, so many of our ancestors died due to repression and eviction. Many are against calling these events eviction, deportation, and I agree with them. The way it all happened, with what cruelty, this is not eviction, we need another word,” he told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent. According to him, they remember this tragedy not only on February 23. “I am a representative of the third generation. Then my grandfather and grandmother were deported along with their families. Fortunately, they managed to return to their homeland, but not all of our relatives succeeded. We always remember this and always tell each other stories about the deportation. This is necessary “so that no one forgets and does not allow others to forget what happened to our people,” he emphasized. Let us remind you that in 2022, in the Novolaksky region of Dagestan, commemorative events marking the anniversary of the deportation of the Vainakhs were prohibited. Representatives of the local Chechen community considered such actions on the part of the republican authorities offensive. Despite the ban, about 50 people still came out to the mourning rally. In 2023, the authorities recommended that organizers of commemorative events marking the 79th anniversary of the deportation of Chechens and Ingush in the Novolaksky district of Dagestan not discuss political topics and problems of the Aukhovsky district at rallies, the organizers of the actions said. More from kavkaz-uzel.eu The topic of restoration of the Aukhovsky district was heard at the rally on the anniversary of the deportation Residents of the Novolaksky district at an action dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the deportation of the Vainakhs noted that they have to remind the authorities of the need for complete territorial and political rehabilitation of the Chechen people. As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, on the 80th anniversary of Stalin's deportation of the Vainakhs, the public organization "Aukh" announced Muslim commemoration rites in the Novolaksky region of Dagestan. The local prosecutor's office warned the organizers against unauthorized actions, including rallies and pickets. The restoration of the Aukhovsky district, which was planned to be completed by 2025, has actually been stopped for many years, the resettlement of Laks and the construction of new houses have been disrupted, local activists said. At a rally in the Novolaksky district dedicated to the anniversary of the deportation of the Vainakhs, the topic of restoration of the Aukhovsky district was raised, as follows from videos published on social networks. Thus, in the video posted on the Instagram* account “Auh media”, the speaker recalled the problem of the Aukhovsky district, although he emphasized that this topic “in the format of today’s religious event” is not entirely correct. “What is happening today are all the consequences of those events that happened 80 years ago. But we are forced to periodically remind the government authorities that we must be fully territorially and politically rehabilitated. Only within the framework of the law. As in the Russian Constitution. then the Chechens have no demands. The people have the right to be equal, like everyone else in the republic. We do not want to forget what happened to our fathers and grandfathers, what they experienced - those who remained there, and those who returned. We hope that we "In the next generation we will acquire our homeland in full. And we will live equally with all the peoples of our multinational Dagestan," he says “I want to say that we remember our ancestors, remember what happened in our history, about those relatives whom we lost,” said another participant in the action. The video from the same rally, which was posted on the Telegram channel “ChP Grozny,” shows that hundreds of people gathered at it. The administration of the Novolaksky district in its Telegram channel by 17.45 Moscow time did not comment on the anniversary of the deportation. |
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| #1 Kicking a dead horse. 1% - maybe 2% appeal to small minority of Russian population. Western media obsession. |
| Posted by: Dale 2024-02-24 03:50 |