Forgive me for this war. Lyudmila often said these words in Chechnya. Once she heard: And you forgive us too. Only then did she realize that she had done what she could. Lyudmila Pavlichenko was born in 1949, in the Rostov Region. Since 1996, she has been actively involved in the activities of the NGO […]
A world without women’s participation in decision-making processes at all levels has no future. Natalya Berezhnaya was born in 1930. Since the 1950s, she has been involved in the areas of peace building, gender equality, and conflict resolution. She has always been active in various Soviet and Russian women’s organizations and has worked for the […]
Twenty-four per cent of the Chechens questioned responded that during the second Russian-Chechen war, from 1999 to 2001, they had lost at least one close relative. Zalpa Bersanova was born into the big family of the famous Chechen writer Bersanov. Holder of a PhD in Ethnology, she is renowned for her sociological research on aspects […]
For Asiyat Murtazalieva, journalism is a way to help people. Asiyat Murtazalieva (born 1955) earned a degree in Philology. She has worked as a journalist in many Chechen and Moscow newspapers. Asiyat launched the creation of the Chechen cultural clubs Harmony and Treasure of the Nation to contribute to healing the wounds of the war. […]
I cannot conceive of a higher aim for myself than helping orphaned and disabled children who are the victims of the cruel war in the Republic of Chechnya. Since 1995 Toita Yunusova (born 1966) has actively participated in the anti-war movement trying to stop the bloodshed in Chechnya. She is a peace activist and a […]
Peace is when children can be merry, when it is possible to carelessly enjoy the sun and the wind, the rain and the snow. I live with the hope that such peace will return to Chechnya. Victims of Stalin’s deportation of the Chechen people to Central Asia, Zarema Omarova (born 1941) and her parents returned […]
This is the will of God. He has granted me life so that I can help the least privileged victims of war. I have no right to betray them. They are waiting for me. Fatima Gazieva was born 1960 in Kazakhstan. At the beginning of the 1990s, she returned to her historical motherland, Checheno-Ingushetia. Since […]
Those trying to conceal the truth about Chechnya do their best also to conceal the fact that the activities of the human rights organizations are anti-war rather than anti-Russian. Zuleikhan Bagalova (born 1945) is a leading actress of the Chechen theater. She holds the titles People’s Actress of Checheno-Ingushetia and Distinguished Actress of the Russian […]
“Our children’s health defines the physical and moral potential of our country; it is the sign of a strong state. My endless joy is contributing to children’s health and happiness.” Valentina Merkulova is an economist and a top-notch professional in the field of resort management and rehabilitation of children. She has received a number of […]
Nobody has appointed her as their guardian angel; she is simply a person of good will and compassion. Zulpa Musostova was born in 1944. After finishing a medical training college, Zulpa worked for 18 months in the high mountain Shatoevsky region of Chechnya. Later she studied for six years at the Donetsk Medical Institute. On […]