Taymaskha Gekhinskaya

Taimaskha Gekhoy ; ) (Chechen: Гиххойн Таймасха) was a Chechen military leader, unit commander and participant in the Caucasian war.

Life Taymaskha Gekhinskaya fought for ten years against the Tsarist troops in the Caucasian War, commanding a detachment. In 1840, she participated in the Battle of the Valerik River.

According to Lieutenant General Apollo Galafeev, on February 15, 1842, a Tsarist detachment led by Lt. Col. Sulimovsky and a Chechen detachment led by Naib Shamil Akhverdy-Magom took place near Bolshaya Yandyrka. A detachment of the Ingush regular police fought on the side of the Russian troops. Among the 23 Chechens captured was Taymaskha Gekhinskaya (Khalid Oshaev disputes the number of prisoners. According to him, two seriously wounded Chechens were taken prisoner, besides Taymaskha). The prisoners were sent to Vladikavkaz.

Emperor Nicholas I became aware of the capture of Taimaskha. Since she was known to him, on his orders, Taimaskha was taken to the palace in her national attire, in which she fought. She was given money to travel to St. Petersburg and purchase clothes. On the road, she was accompanied by a Cossack officer Fedor Grigoriev. The officer was ordered not to take his eyes off her, not to turn off the indicated route and, in case of illness, to escort her to the nearest hospital. Taimaskha was thanked by the Emperor as a sign of admiration for her courage and released.

In culture The Chechen writer Lecha Yakhyaev dedicated her book Gikhkhoyn Taymaskha to her.