Mairbek Sheripov

Mairbek Sheripov (1905 – 7 November 1942) was a Chechen insurgent who was a leader in the 1940–1944 insurgency in Chechnya with Hasan Israilov before his death in 1942. He was initially a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, but later led an insurgency as the leader of the Chechen-Mountaineer National-Socialist Underground Organisation.

Early life Mairbek Sheripov was born in 1905. He father was an office for the Russian Empire. His brother Aslanbek Sheripov was a Chechen revolutionary that was killed at the Battle of Vozdvizhenskaia in 1919.

Sheripov was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. He was an assistant to T. Elderkhanov, president of the Central Executive Committee of Chechnia. However, he lost his job when Elderkhanov was dismissed in 1926, after being accusing of associating with Ali Mitayev. He was arrested for anti-Soviet activities in 1938, but was released in 1939.

Insurgency

Hasan Israilov and Sheripov led an insurgency in Chechnya in the 1940s. They launched their uprisings independently of one another and then joined forces. Sheripov's organisation was the Chechen-Mountaineer National-Socialist Underground Organisation (ChGNSPO). The Soviets regained control over Chechnya by 1943.

Herbert Lange reported that Sheripov had around 1,000 men in his army, but that they were poorly armed and lacked ammunition. Lange stated that Sheripov was the "most intelligent leader" out of all of the Chechen insurgents. Sheripov was killed by the NKVD on 7 November 1942.