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1999 MASSACRE OF CHECHEN CIVILIANS BY THE RUSSIAN GROUND FORCES
Pillage of Alkhan-Yurt; Alkhan-Yurt killings

yurt      
n. Yurt (ronde bouwstructuur typerend voor Mongoolse en Turkse volken in Centraal Azië)

Ορισμός

yurt
[j??t, j?:t]
¦ noun a circular tent of felt or skins used by nomads in Mongolia, Siberia, and Turkey.
Origin
from Russ. yurta, via Fr. or Ger. from Turkic jurt.

Βικιπαίδεια

Alkhan-Yurt massacre

The Alkhan-Yurt massacre was the December 1999 incident in the village of Alkhan-Yurt near the Chechen capital Grozny involving Russian troops under command of General Vladimir Shamanov. The villagers claimed that approximately 41 civilians were killed in the spree, while human rights groups confirmed and documented 17 incidents of murder and three incidents of rape.

According to Human Rights Watch (HRW), it was not an isolated incident, as Russian troops had been systematically looting villages and towns under their control.