Uchar Hadji | |
Birth Date: | Unknown |
Birth Place: | Old Aksay in what is now Khasavyurtovsky District |
Death Date: | Unknown |
Death Place: | Gerzel-aul |
Battles: | Caucasian War |
Uchar Hadji (died in 1825) was a mullah, best known for killing two Russian generals at once.[1] [2]
According to some sources, he was Kumyk,[3] [4] [5] according to others, Chechen.[6] [7] [8] [9]
In the summer of 1825, during the Caucasian War two Russian generals Grekov and Lisanevich gathered more than 300 elders of the village of Aksay in the fortress of Gerzel-Aul. The aim was to impose penalties for the support in Aksay for the rebels, and General Yermolov's intention was also to force the people of Aksay to terminate any relations with the rebels. When the elders gathered, the Russian generals started insulting them. In return, Uchar-haji stabbed both generals with his dagger. A fierce melee started immediately and ended with all elders dead.[10] In retribution, Aksay was destroyed by Russian forces, and it was forbidden for the locals to ever resettle the land again.[11]
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"В 1858 г. царской администрацией было издано распоряжение «О недозволении поселить аулы на прежнем жительстве». Так было воспрещено... всем без исключения аксаевским князьям и узденям селиться на месте Старого Яхсая.