Wars, politics & history

1940–1944 insurgency in Chechnya

from 20 December 1940 to 15 December 1944

Vainakh revolt against the Soviet authorities. It began on 20 December 1940 and lasted until 15 December 1944 (about 4 years). The setting was Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. It was part of Chechen–Russian conflict and the World War II.

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