Chechnya
Chechen Prime Minister declares intention to seek return of Daghestan’s Aukh District
The Aukh District was transferred to Daghestan following the Chechen and Ingush deportations in the 1940s.
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The deported Chechens of Daghestan still unable to return to their homes
Seventy-seven years after the deportation of the entire Chechen and Ingush nations to Central Asia, Chechen returnees from a small corner of Daghestan still dream of returning to their homes. Every year on 23 February, Chechens and Ingush people mark the tragic anniversary of the Soviet deportations of 1944 on the orders of Stalin — a genocidal event that cost the lives of up to one-third of their total population. In recent years, the largest events to commemorate the day have been held not
Aukh District
Daghestani head promises to restore historic Aukh District amidst rising tensions between Chechens and Avars
The head of Daghestan, Ramazan Abdulatipov, has pledged that the government will support the restoration of the historic Aukh District, but in a truncated form. Abdulatipov made the announcement during a visit to Daghestan’s Kazbekovsky and Novolaksky districts — territories of the former Aukh District which were repopulated with ethnic Avars and Laks after the deportation of Chechens in 1944. On 25 June, a fight between two young men broke out in Leninaul, in Kazbekovsky District, after
