Chechen uprising of 1932

Chechen uprising of 1932
Date 1932 Location Chechen Autonomous Oblast Result Suppressed
Belligerents
Followers of Motsa Shuaninsky	Soviet Union OGPU Red Army

The Chechen Uprising of 1932 was a large-scale uprising that broke out in early 1932 in Chechnya in connection with collectivization in the Chechen Autonomous Oblast. A significant portion of the Russian population, including the Cossack stanitsas of the Nadterechny region, also took part. ^{[1] [2]}

Course of the uprising

In early March, the rebels held a meeting in the village of Benoy, where they decided to launch an armed uprising on 23 March. The uprising was led by a native of the village of Shuani, Motsa Shuaninsky. ^[3]

The rebels planned to seize the oil fields of Sterch-Kerch and Gudermes station and then act according to circumstances. However, the local GPU managed, through its informants, to provoke a premature uprising, which was brutally suppressed. In total, up to 3,000 people were arrested in connection with this case. ^[4]

The Chechen rebels conferred upon Motsa Shuaninsky the title of imam and moved through Shuani toward Benoy. Units of the OGPU attempted to suppress the rebels on their own but, encountering serious resistance, were forced to seek assistance from the Red Army. The uprising was suppressed in March 1932, and entire auls were deported beyond the North Caucasus.

The suppression of the uprising was carried out by the 28th Mountain Rifle Division, whose chief of staff at the time was Nikolai Vatutin. ^[5]

References

1. Avtorkhanov, Abdurakhman (1992). The North Caucasus Barrier: The Russian Advance Towards the Muslim World. Hurst. ISBN   978-1-85065-305-9.
2. Gammer, M. (2006). The Lone Wolf and the Bear: Three Centuries of Chechen Defiance of Russian Rule. Hurst & Company. ISBN   978-1-85065-748-4.
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4. "Чеченские хроники. 1932 г. Моца Шуанинский - последний имам Чечни". ИА Чеченинфо (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-01-16.
5. "Vatutin, Nikolai Fyodorovich – 1929–1941 Service in headquarters at various levels". Educational institutions (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2021-12-29.

External links

• Mukhtar Ibragimov, Gunki Khuqiev (2014-04-30). "In the footsteps of a distant tragedy". j-vaynah.ru. Retrieved 2018-03-27.
• L. Gudaev (2013-09-23). "Chechen chronicles. 1932. Motsa Shuaninsky – the last imam of Chechnya". checheninfo.ru. Retrieved 2018-03-27.

Bibliography

• Nekrich, Aleksandr M. (1991). Punished Peoples: The Deportation and Fate of Soviet Minorities at the End of the Second World War. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393028687. (Discusses the long history of anti-Soviet resistance in the North Caucasus that culminated in the 1944 deportations, with the 1932 revolt being a key precursor event). https://www.wwnorton.com/books/Punished-Peoples/ (W. W. Norton & Company general search or product page link for the publisher of the work).
• Vatchagaev, Mairbek (2013). "The Chechen History of Collectivization and the 1932-33 Famine." Eurasia Daily Monitor 10, no. 147. (A focused article on the socio-economic causes and immediate effects of the collectivization drive in Chechnya). https://jamestown.org/program/chechen-history-collectivization-1932-33-famine/ (Jamestown Foundation/Eurasia Daily Monitor's official link for the article).
• Shalaginov, S. A. (2001). "Anti-Soviet Uprisings in the North Caucasus (1920s–1930s)." Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seriya 8. Istoriya. No. 3. pp. 78–92. (A Russian academic journal article focusing on the military suppression of resistance movements, including the 1932 event). https://istina.msu.ru/journals/vest_ist_mgu/ (Official homepage for Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seriya 8. Istoriya, indicating the journal of publication; full text access is typically restricted to academic databases).
• Jaimoukha, Amjad M. (2005). The Chechens: A Handbook. Routledge. p. 65. ISBN 978-0415323284. (A general but reliable reference source on Chechen history, confirming the timeline and nature of the suppression). https://www.routledge.com/The-Chechens-A-Handbook/Jaimoukha/p/book/9780415323284 (Routledge publisher page for the book).