The greatest Russian nationalist of the 20th century, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, provided some occasional glimpses of the Chechens in his classic, “The Gulag Archipelago.” In Part V he described a 1949 escape by two Slav prisoners from a labor camp in Kazakhstan. Desperate for food, they stole a cow from a village but were caught.
In Solzhenitsyn’s words, “They were taken to the village and locked up. The people shouted that they should be shot out of hand and no mercy shown to them. But an investigating officer arrived from the district center with the picture sent around to assist the nationwide search, and addressed the villagers. ‘Well done!’ he said. ‘These aren’t thieves you’ve caught, but dangerous political criminals.’ Suddenly there was a complete change of attitude. The owner of the cow, a Chechen as it turned out, brought the prisoners bread, mutton, and even some money, collected by the Chechens. ‘What a pity,’ he said. ‘You should have come and told me who you were and I’d have given you everything you wanted!’ (There is no reason to doubt it; that’s how the Chechens are.) Kudla burst into tears. After so many years of savagery, he couldn’t stand sympathy.”
In Solzhenitsyn’s words, “They were taken to the village and locked up. The people shouted that they should be shot out of hand and no mercy shown to them. But an investigating officer arrived from the district center with the picture sent around to assist the nationwide search, and addressed the villagers. ‘Well done!’ he said. ‘These aren’t thieves you’ve caught, but dangerous political criminals.’ Suddenly there was a complete change of attitude. The owner of the cow, a Chechen as it turned out, brought the prisoners bread, mutton, and even some money, collected by the Chechens. ‘What a pity,’ he said. ‘You should have come and told me who you were and I’d have given you everything you wanted!’ (There is no reason to doubt it; that’s how the Chechens are.) Kudla burst into tears. After so many years of savagery, he couldn’t stand sympathy.”
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Comparing the various ethnic groups exiled to the most remote corners of the Soviet Union, Solzhenitsyn concluded that “There was one nation which would not give in, would not acquire the mental habits of submission and not just individual rebels among them, but the whole nation to a man. These were the Chechens. They had been treacherously snatched from their home, and from that day they believed in nothing. The years went by and they owned just as little as they had to begin with. The Chechens never sought to please, to ingratiate themselves with the bosses; their attitude was always haughty and indeed openly hostile. And here is an extraordinary thing – everyone was afraid of them. No one could stop them from living as they did.“
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Forwarded from Амин Тесаев | Чеченский Мохк (Xasin Bähcha)
«Минимум 90% чеченцев не знают своего подлинного исторического прошлого, и потому они аккуратно повторяют одни и те же ошибки, которые их предки не раз совершали в последние триста лет. Эти ошибки дорого обходятся каждому поколению чеченского народа…» (А. Айдамиров).
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Ancient Chechen names of Nakh origin:
Female:
Female:
• Doagmayra (Brave heart) • Shovda (River) • Khuttut (Cuckoo) • Yakha (Live) • Yakhita (Let her go) • Yezita (Let her be loved) • Yisita (Let her stay) • Ch’egh’ardig (Swallod - bird) • Zezag (Flower) • Malkh-Azni (Mythological figure, / Sun-Beauty/Ray) • T‘aus (Unisex name / Peacock) • Khoza (Bird) • Kkhokkha (Pigeon) • Polla (Butterfly) • Satsita (Stop) • To‘ita (Enough) • Deti (Silver) • Zaza (Blossom) • Marzhan (Coral) • Dukkhyakha (Live long) • Deshi (Gold) • Seda (Star) • Irsa (Happiness) • Aza (Voice) • Anayist (Horizon) • Serlo (Light) • Khaza (Beautiful) • Deysiy (Father‘s honour) • Khiazni (Mythological figure / Mermaid) • Bumbari (Bumblebee) • Niyso (Equality)❤10👍1
Male
Some of you maybe saw the name „Yapnoy“ and wonder why Chechens named their children like this. For Chechens, and other Caucasians, it was common to name their children after nationalities they had battles with.
Chechen male names also include tribe-names or village names, like: Benoy, Nashkho, Zumsoy, Iton, Zandak, etc.
• Berza-B‘arg (Wolf eye) • Tskhogal (Fox) • Lecha (Falcon) • Artsu (Eagle) • Lom-'El (King of the mountains) • Chaborz (Bear-wolve) • Vakha (Live) • Olkhazar (Bird) • Dika (Good) • Lamankho (Mountaineer) • K‘ant (Boy) • Surkho (Soldier) • Bulat (Steel) • Visita (Let him stay) • Yapnoy (Japanese) • Erk/a (River / Mountaineer dialect)Some of you maybe saw the name „Yapnoy“ and wonder why Chechens named their children like this. For Chechens, and other Caucasians, it was common to name their children after nationalities they had battles with.
Chechen male names also include tribe-names or village names, like: Benoy, Nashkho, Zumsoy, Iton, Zandak, etc.
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Zikr, 1920-1930. Apparently it’s the village Pkhakoch, Itum-Kali district, mountainous Chechnya.
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Forwarded from Anayist
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Йиш хаьлла аьрзу
Ма тера ду-кха хьо сох
Дала дlа ца хези ахь ерна биттина мох
Дегl малдай цхажимма
Тхам дlасахецахьа пхагlатехl
Ас лаьттахь ахь стигларахь
Ойлаер байшимма паргlатехь.
(1986)
Ма тера ду-кха хьо сох
Дала дlа ца хези ахь ерна биттина мох
Дегl малдай цхажимма
Тхам дlасахецахьа пхагlатехl
Ас лаьттахь ахь стигларахь
Ойлаер байшимма паргlатехь.
(1986)
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Letter of the Soviet veteran Yelena Bonner to the US President Bill Clinton
"Deeply honoured, Mr. President.
The Chechen war, declared by Russia as a re-establishment of the constitution, goes four months now. During this time this war has turned into a genocide of the Chechen people.
The bombing and shelling took place in 245 settlements, 187 of which were practically destroyed, including the Chechen capital Grozny.
Forty-two thousand civilians were killed.
The total number of wounded is unknown, but 2,000 children are crippled; 2,500 are left without their parents.
There are also civil society organizations from Great Britain and the United States, but the Russian authorities don’t give permission for these children to leave the country.
The Interior Ministry and the army oppose humanitarian aid to Chechnya and the activities of the International Red Cross.
On 8 December tanks and flamethrowers were used to destroy the village of Samashki and kill civilians. Over 700 civilians were killed in Samashki.
During World War II Stalin's gang
tried to convince the world that the Poles in Katyn were shot by the Germans. Today the army and the Russian state security organs falsely claim that this crime against humanity were committed by the Chechens themselves.
You are flying to Russia to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Victory Day. This gives you the right to insist on a cessation of hostilities and immediate negotiations. with Gen. Dudayev, under the auspices of the UN, the OSCE, or your administration.
The initiative would have been a moral justification for your stay in Moscow in May, and would reaffirm the U.S. commitment to the protection of human rights. It would bring the enduring gratitude of the Chechen people and thousands of Russian mothers whose sons, children and grandchildren, victors of the Second World War - who continue to perish in this unprovoked bloody slaughter.
Sincerely, Yelena Bonner, veteran of World War II. Lieutenant in the Medical Service of the Soviet Army in 1941-1945.“
"Deeply honoured, Mr. President.
The Chechen war, declared by Russia as a re-establishment of the constitution, goes four months now. During this time this war has turned into a genocide of the Chechen people.
The bombing and shelling took place in 245 settlements, 187 of which were practically destroyed, including the Chechen capital Grozny.
Forty-two thousand civilians were killed.
The total number of wounded is unknown, but 2,000 children are crippled; 2,500 are left without their parents.
There are also civil society organizations from Great Britain and the United States, but the Russian authorities don’t give permission for these children to leave the country.
The Interior Ministry and the army oppose humanitarian aid to Chechnya and the activities of the International Red Cross.
On 8 December tanks and flamethrowers were used to destroy the village of Samashki and kill civilians. Over 700 civilians were killed in Samashki.
During World War II Stalin's gang
tried to convince the world that the Poles in Katyn were shot by the Germans. Today the army and the Russian state security organs falsely claim that this crime against humanity were committed by the Chechens themselves.
You are flying to Russia to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Victory Day. This gives you the right to insist on a cessation of hostilities and immediate negotiations. with Gen. Dudayev, under the auspices of the UN, the OSCE, or your administration.
The initiative would have been a moral justification for your stay in Moscow in May, and would reaffirm the U.S. commitment to the protection of human rights. It would bring the enduring gratitude of the Chechen people and thousands of Russian mothers whose sons, children and grandchildren, victors of the Second World War - who continue to perish in this unprovoked bloody slaughter.
Sincerely, Yelena Bonner, veteran of World War II. Lieutenant in the Medical Service of the Soviet Army in 1941-1945.“
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„I asked him:
What is this place called?
„Valerik“, he said,
Which means „the river of the dead“
And those who named it rest in heaven.
— „How many of them fought today?“
— „7,000“
— „How many did the Mountaineers lose?“
— „Who knows? Why would they be counted!“
„They’ll be counted“, I heard a voice reply.
„This day of blood will not be forgotten“.
I turned and saw the Chechen, nodding, with a grin of contempt upon his lips.“
Mikhail Lermontov, „Valerik“, 1840
What is this place called?
„Valerik“, he said,
Which means „the river of the dead“
And those who named it rest in heaven.
— „How many of them fought today?“
— „7,000“
— „How many did the Mountaineers lose?“
— „Who knows? Why would they be counted!“
„They’ll be counted“, I heard a voice reply.
„This day of blood will not be forgotten“.
I turned and saw the Chechen, nodding, with a grin of contempt upon his lips.“
Mikhail Lermontov, „Valerik“, 1840
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Towers and Petroglyphs from Sharoy, the pictures are approximately from the 1980s.
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