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The Khaibakh massacre refers to a report of mass execution of the ethnically Chechen population of the aul of Khaibakh, in the mountaineous part of Chechnya, by Soviet forces under a NKVD colonel Mikhail Gveshiani.

The incident reportedly took place on February 27, 1944 during the Operation Lentil (the mass deportation to Kazakhstan). As it was impossible to convoy deportees to the railway stations on the plain due to a snowstorm, 700 villagers, including women and children, were locked in the stable and burned alive, while those trying to escape were shot. The details of the massacre became widely known mainly thanks to a Russian general Stepan Kashurko, who spent 45 years researching the events at Khaibakh.

After the incident, Gveshiani was reportedly congratulated for his success and good work by Lavrenty Beria, who promised him a medal.

The account of the incident is disputed.

References

1. Template:Ru icon http://zhurnal.lib.ru/s/sudenko_n_n/haibah.shtml
2. Template:Ru iconhttp://informacia.ru/topsecret/news19.htm Interview with Stephan Kashurko, president of the special commission investigating the Khaibakh massacre
3. Gammer, Moshe. Lone Wolf and Bear: Three Centuries of Chechen Defiance of Russian Rule. London 2006. Page 170
4. Wood, Tony. Chechnya: The Case for Independence. Verso: London 2007. Page 37
5. Dunlop, John. Russia Confronts Chechnya: The Roots of a Separatist Conflict. Page 65
6. http://www.specnaz.ru/istoriya/427/

See also

• "Khaibakh: Investigation is Ongoing...", a book in Russian by T. Chagaeva and S. Gaev.

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