Moscow Doesn’t Trust Military Officers from North Caucasus for Most Senior Positions

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Moscow Doesn’t Trust Military Officers from North Caucasus for Most Senior Positions

Paul Goble

Staunton, January 15 – In the Soviet military, racism was far from absent, but some officers from the North Caucasus nonetheless made brilliant careers and rose to the highest positions. Among these was Dzhokhar Dudayev, a major general in the Soviet air force, commander of the Tartu garrison, and hero of Soviet operations in Afghanistan. Read more

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