Mairbek Sheripov (1905 – November 7, 1942) was one of the leaders of

Chechen insurgency The history of Chechnya may refer to the history of the Chechens, of their land Chechnya, or of the land of Ichkeria. Chechen society has traditionally been organized around many autonomous local clans, called taips. The traditional Chechen sa ...

against the Soviet Union in the 1940s. Mairbek Sheripov was a younger brother of Aslanbek Sheripov, a Bolshevik revolutionary killed in a battle with the Denikinites in 1919. A jurist by profession, he worked for the Soviet government in the

Chechen-Ingush ASSR The Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; inh, Нохч-ГӀалгӀай Автономе Советий Социализма Республика, Noxç-Ġalġay Avtonome Sovetiy Socializma Respublika; russian: Чече́но-И ...

. In 1941, he joined a Chechen insurrection led by

Khasan Israilov Hasan Israilov ( ce, Исраил КIант Хьасан / ; russian: Хасан Исраилов ''Khasan Israilov''; 1910 – December 29, 1944) was a Chechen nationalist, guerrilla fighter, journalist, and poet who led Chechen and Ingush res ...

. He was killed on November 7, 1942 in a Soviet reprisal raid.John B. Dunlop (), ''Russia confronts Chechnya: roots of a separatist conflict'', p. 58. Cambridge University Press,

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