Samashki

Samashki (Roushie: Самашки; Chechen: Саьмаӏашка) is a landwart locality (a selo) in Achkhoy-Martanovsky Destrict o Chechnie, Roushie, locatit on the wastren plains. Population: 11,275 (2010 Census); 10,824 (2002 Census). History Syne 1992, it is a border veelage wi the Republic o Ingushetie. The pre-war population of Samashki coontit aboot 14,600 fowk (aboot 12,000 in October 1999). Durin baith Chechen Wars the veelage suffered greatly frae the hostilities, maist notably in the notorious Aprile 1995 incident kent as Samashki massacre which resultit in the daiths o mair nor 100 tae 300 civilians. In Mairch 1996 anither attack on the toun teuk the form o a full-scale assault wi apparent disregard for the civilian lives; accordin tae Human Rights Watch, Roushie forces uised civilians as a human shields on APCs. Reports suggestit some 500 civilians wur killed aathegither in the result o the Aprile 1995 an Mairch 1996 attacks. The next month, Roushie journalist Nadezhda Chaikova, who haed filmit the effects o the 1996 attack, wis killed execution-style in Chechnie. A devastatin airtillery an rocket attack on Samashki teuk place in October 1999 at the beginnin o the Seicont Chechen War, despite the demilitarization o the veelage, killin or injurin dozens o residents on the day o 27 October 1999 alane, accordin tae HRW. At the time, the deputy commander o the North Caucasus Militar Destrict annooncit that thare wur anerly "bandits an terrorists" in Samashki, but a report for the Breetish pairlament claimit civilians wur killed in revenge for the hivy casualties suffered thare bi Roushie forces durin the first war. Federal forces reporti a lairge-scale operation in Samashki in Mey 2000. Transportation A railway line frae Nazran tae Grozny runs throu Samashki. The Rostov–Baku Heich-gate, which connects Nazran, Grozny, an Gudermes, lees fower kilometres tae the sooth o Samashki. References