Mandre Nalgiev
Налганаькъан Мандре
Born1865
Died1924
NationalityIngush
Occupation(s)Sniper, separatists
Years active1919
Known forDefending his native village Surkhakhi from Denikin's troops during his campaign in Ingushetia

Mandre Doltmurzievich Nalgiev[lower-alpha 1] (c. 1865 – 1924) was an Ingush freedom fighter in the Russian Civil War, known for defending his native village Surkhakhi from the troops of Denikin's Forces during his campaign in Ingushetia.[1][2][3][4][5] Mandre belonged to the Nalganäqan clan and is the national hero of the Ingush.[6]

Biography

Mandre was born in 1865 in Surkhakhi, in Terek Oblast and was an ethnic Ingush. He became a sniper not because of his motives, but because of the circumstances of his life.

A revolution began in Tsarist Russia, a confrontation between the Reds and the Whites, a fire of revolution broke out throughout the Empire, and the regions of the North Caucasus were no exception.[7]

In 1919, the army of General Denikin came close to the Ingush village of Surkhot (Surkhakhi) and subjected it to powerful artillery shelling.[7]

The villagers put up fierce resistance. After a two-day battle, the surviving residents left the village and went to the mountains.[7]

At this time, Mandre remains in the village, armed with a rifle, pistol and binoculars. With him in the village (despite Mandre's persuasion to leave the village along with the retreating ones), his mother also remains.[7]

Mandre waged a guerrilla war against Russian troops for nine days. As a result, Ingush armed units came to Surkhakhi and liberated the village. Mandre's mother, who also refused to leave the captured village, was killed by an artillery shell.[7]

Notes

  1. Russian: Мандре Долтмурзиевич Нальгиев, Ingush: Налганаькъан Долтмарзий Мандре, romanized: Nalganäqhan Mandre

References

  1. Чечено-Ингушский научно-исследовательский институт истории, языка и литературы (1959). Известия [News] (in Russian). Грозный: Чечено-Ингушское книжное изд-во. p. 114.
  2. Народное образование [Public education] (in Russian). Москва: Учпедгиз. 1967. p. 124.
  3. Тотоев, М. С. (1972). Очерки истории Чечено-Ингушской АССР с древнейших времен до наших дней: 1917-1970 годы [Essays on the history of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR from ancient times to the present day: 1917-1970] (in Russian). Vol. 2. Грозный: Чечено-Ингушское книжное изд-во. p. 59.
  4. Дон [Don] (in Russian). Ростов-на-Дону: Изд-во "Молот". 1975. p. 190.
  5. Надъярных, Н. С. (2005). Литературы народов России: XX век : словарь [Literature of the peoples of Russia: 20th century : dictionary] (in Russian). Москва: Наука. p. 116. ISBN 9785020102088.
  6. Зязиков, Багаудин (1964). Девять дней из жизни героя: повесть [Nine Days in the Life of a Hero: A Tale] (in Russian). Детская лит-ра. p. 4.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Багаудин Зязиков. Девять дней из жизни героя.
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