| Mairbek Sheripov | |
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| Native name | Майрбек Шерипов |
| Born | 1905 |
| Died | 7 November 1942(1942-11-07) (aged 36–37) |
Mairbek Sheripov (1905 – 7 November 1942) was one of the leaders of Chechen insurgency against the Soviet Union in the 1940s. Mairbek Sheripov was a younger brother of Aslanbek Sheripov, a Bolshevik revolutionary killed in a battle with the Denikinites in 1919. A jurist by profession, he worked for the Soviet government in the Chechen-Ingush ASSR. In 1941, he joined a Chechen insurrection led by Khasan Israilov. He was killed on 7 November 1942 in a Soviet reprisal raid.
References
- Moshe Gammer (2006), The Lone Wolf and the Bear, p. 162. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, ISBN 1-85065-748-3
- John B. Dunlop (), Russia confronts Chechnya: roots of a separatist conflict, p. 58. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-63619-1
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