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The '''Khaibakh massacre''' was a mass execution of the ethnically ] population of the ] of ], in the mountaineous part of ], by ] forces under a ] ] ]. The '''Khaibakh massacre''' was a mass execution of the ethnically ] population of the ] of ], in the mountaineous part of ], by ] forces under a ] ] ], ethnic ] <ref>{{ru icon}}http://www.memo.ru/HISTORY/NKVD/kto/biogr/gb95.htm Mikhail Gveshiani autobiography </ref>.


The massacre took place on February 27, 1944 during the ] (the mass deportation to ]). 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.<ref>{{ru icon}} http://zhurnal.lib.ru/s/sudenko_n_n/haibah.shtml </ref> 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. <ref>{{ru icon}}http://informacia.ru/topsecret/news19.htm Interview with Stephan Kashurko, president of the special commission investigating the Khaibakh massacre </ref> The massacre took place on February 27, 1944 during the ] (the mass deportation to ]). 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.<ref>{{ru icon}} http://zhurnal.lib.ru/s/sudenko_n_n/haibah.shtml </ref> 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. <ref>{{ru icon}}http://informacia.ru/topsecret/news19.htm Interview with Stephan Kashurko, president of the special commission investigating the Khaibakh massacre </ref>

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The Khaibakh massacre was a 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, ethnic Georgian .

The massacre 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 massacre, Gveshiani was congratulated for his success and good work by Lavrenty Beria, who promised him a medal.

References

  1. Template:Ru iconhttp://www.memo.ru/HISTORY/NKVD/kto/biogr/gb95.htm Mikhail Gveshiani autobiography
  2. Template:Ru icon http://zhurnal.lib.ru/s/sudenko_n_n/haibah.shtml
  3. Template:Ru iconhttp://informacia.ru/topsecret/news19.htm Interview with Stephan Kashurko, president of the special commission investigating the Khaibakh massacre
  4. Gammer, Moshe. Lone Wolf and Bear: Three Centuries of Chechen Defiance of Russian Rule. London 2006. Page 170
  5. Wood, Tony. Chechnya: The Case for Independence. Verso: London 2007. Page 37
  6. Dunlop, John. Russia Confronts Chechnya: The Roots of a Separatist Conflict. Page 65


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