The heroic Chechen people achieved it on 6 September 1991, after 132 years of occupation.
During this entire bloody period of forced stay in the Russian Empire, the Chechens never submitted. A series of uprisings against tsarism in the second half of the 19th century, the Abrek movement in the early 20th century, the war with Denikin, a series of uprisings against the Soviets and the creation of several independent entities in certain mountainous regions of Chechnya, Stalin’s deportation in 1944-57, the idea of disobeying the authorities in the 1960s to the end of the 80s. Independence from 1991 to 1999, including two years of war from 1994 to 1996. Reoccupation in 2000 and armed resistance until 2021.
General Yermolov believed that the Chechens would never become the free people they once were after his repressions. Prince Baryatinsky believed this after the capture of Imam Shamil. Stalin believed this after the genocide he committed against the Chechens in 1944. Putin believes this after the imposition of Kadyrov’s jackal regime on the Chechens.
Does anyone still believe that Chechnya will not rise again and again until it finally throws off the Russian yoke and regains its independence?
Chechens are not Kadyrovites, don’t confuse wolves with jackals. Jackals tamed by Russia will flee together with the Russian army when the Chechen land burns under its feet again.
Insha-Allah!
Dzhambulat Suleimanov, Chechen activist, veteran, graduate of the University of Free Nations
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