Union of Chechen Writers

The Union of Chechen Writers (Russian: Союз писателей Чеченской Республики) is a regional creative public organization representing writers in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It traces its origins to a union of Chechen writers formed in 1910 and led by Tashtemir Eldarkhanov. In 1929 a Chechen writers' section was created under the Grozny Association of Proletarian Writers, chaired by Saidbey Arsanov, with six founding members including Akhmad Nazhaev, Abdi Dudaev, Shamsuddin Aiskhanov, Said Baduev, Magomed Mamakaev and Nurdin Muzaev. In 1930 the section was transformed into the Chechen Association of Proletarian Writers, led by the poet Magomet Mamakaev. On 3 July 1932 the Chechen Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) reorganized it into the Union of Soviet Writers of the Chechen Autonomous Oblast, electing Shamsuddin Aiskhanov as chairman. The union published the literary almanac "Soviet Chechnya" and was helped by prominent Soviet writers such as Maxim Gorky, Alexander Serafimovich, Alexander Fadeev and others. The repressions of 1937–1938 devastated its ranks: of 12 members of the Union of Writers of Checheno-Ingushetia, 9 were arrested, 7 convicted and 4 executed, including Aiskhanov, Nazhaev, Dudaev and Baduev. Further repression in the 1940s and the deportation of the Chechen and Ingush peoples in 1944 interrupted its work. The union effectively ceased to exist in the early 1990s and was re-established in 2000. As of 2009 it had more than 70 full members; the official website states it currently has 151 full members. It remains a regional creative organization dedicated to Chechen literature and culture.

The Union of Chechen Writers (Russian: Союз писателей Чеченской Республики) is a regional creative public organization in the Chechen Republic, Russia. Its history begins with a union of Chechen writers formed in 1910 and led by Tashtemir Eldarkhanov. In 1929, a Chechen writers' section was established under the Grozny Association of Proletarian Writers, chaired by Saidbey Arsanov. The section initially comprised six writers considered the founders of Chechen literature: Akhmad Nazhaev, Abdi Dudaev, Shamsuddin Aiskhanov, Said Baduev, Magomed Mamakaev and Nurdin Muzaev. In 1930, a younger generation joined, including Khalid Oshaev, Bilal Saidov, Maryam Isaeva and Magomed Salmurzaev. That same year, the section was transformed into the Chechen Association of Proletarian Writers, led by the poet Magomet Mamakaev. The formation of the union was assisted by prominent Soviet literary figures such as Maxim Gorky, poets Nikolai Tikhonov, Eduard Bagritsky, Vladimir Lugovskoy, and prose writers Alexander Fadeev and Vladimir Stavsky. Alexander Serafimovich's visit to Grozny on 17 August 1929, where he spent a month and a half, had a notable influence on Said Baduev, Shamsuddin Aiskhanov and others, and he provided long-term creative help to Saidbey Arsanov for his novel "When Friendship Is Recognized," the first major work of Chechen prose. On 3 July 1932, the Chechen Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) adopted a resolution reorganizing the Chechen Association of Proletarian Writers into the Union of Soviet Writers of the Chechen Autonomous Oblast. The same decision established the literary almanac "Soviet Chechnya" for works in the Chechen language. Shamsuddin Aiskhanov was elected chairman. The union was housed in three rooms of a mansion on Krasnykh Frontovikov Street (now Saypudin Lorsanov Street). On 3 November 1932, the first expanded plenum of the organizing committee of the Union of Soviet Writers of the USSR was held in Moscow, attended by representatives of the Chechen union: Sh. Aiskhanov, S. Arsanov and S. Baduev. In 1933, the first issue of the almanac published works by Chechen writers, including essays and poems. At the first organizational congress of the Union of Soviet Writers of the USSR, the Chechen delegation was led by Shamsuddin Aiskhanov and included Said Baduev, Magomed Mamakaev and Nurdin Muzaev. The repressions of 1937–1938 destroyed a significant part of the creative intelligentsia: of 12 members of the Union of Writers of Checheno-Ingushetia, 9 were arrested, 7 convicted and 4 executed, including Shamsuddin Aiskhanov, Akhmad Nazhaev, Abdi Dudaev and Said Baduev. In the 1940s, a second wave of repression began; Saidbey Arsanov's sentence was extended, Magomet Mamakaev spent almost eighteen years in exile in Igarka, Khalid Oshaev spent fifteen years in Magadan camps, and Arbi Mamakaev fourteen years there. Nevertheless, the Union of Writers of Checheno-Ingushetia continued to work. On 18 November 1940, the Council of People's Commissars of the Checheno-Ingush ASSR adopted a resolution outlining tasks for the union. On 5 May 1941, the regional committee decided to publish a literary almanac in three languages with a print run of 3,000 copies. A letter from the secretary of the Checheno-Ingush regional committee to the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) dated 23 May 1941 requested the publication of an "Anthology of Chechen-Ingush Literature" in 1941, but the Great Patriotic War intervened. During the war, some writers volunteered for the front, including Nurdin Muzaev, Magomed Musaev, Movla Yasaev, Rizvan Khadzhiev and Zaindin Mutalibov. Those who remained in the rear worked in various sectors of the national economy and participated in patriotic education through their works and agitation brigades. Works such as Magomed Sulaev's poems "The Sun Will Win" and N. Sergeev's "Sun in Blood" were published, and Arbi Mamakaev's radio plays were staged. The deportation of the Chechen and Ingush peoples in 1944 interrupted the union's activities. The union effectively ceased to exist in the early 1990s and was re-established in 2000. As of 2009, it had more than 70 full members; the official website states it currently has 151 full members.

• 2009

  Union had more than 70 full members.

• 2000

  Union re-established.

• 1944

  Deportation of Chechen and Ingush peoples interrupts union activities.

• 1937

  Repressions begin; many writers arrested, executed or exiled.

• 1933

  First issue of the almanac published with works by Chechen writers.

• 1932

  On 3 July, reorganized into the Union of Soviet Writers of the Chechen Autonomous Oblast; Shamsuddin Aiskhanov elected chairman.

• 1932

  Literary almanac "Soviet Chechnya" established.

• 1930

  Section transformed into the Chechen Association of Proletarian Writers, led by Magomet Mamakaev.

• 1929

  Chechen writers' section created under the Grozny Association of Proletarian Writers, chaired by Saidbey Arsanov.

• 1910

  Union of Chechen writers formed, led by Tashtemir Eldarkhanov.

Regional creative public organization supporting Chechen literature and writers.

• 1932

  Literary almanac "Soviet Chechnya"

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