Estonia holds on to Dudayev legend
Tartu – Five days after the death of the Chechen rebel leader Dzhokhar Dudayev, Estonians in this southern town were yesterday hoping that the man they got to know – and admire – as a general in the Soviet army was still alive, writes Adrian Bridge.
“I simply do not believe that he is dead, and I do not want to believe it,” said Urmas Uustal, the manager of the Barclay Hotel, which boasts a Dzhokhar Dudayev Room, marking the spot where Dudayev used to work when the hotel served as the headquarters for the Soviet bomber unit he commanded. Read more
