Khansultan Dachiev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Chechen Hero of the Soviet Union; repressed, later rehabilitated
Date of Birth: 12-Dec-1922
Place of Birth: Gudermessky District, Chechen Republic, Russia
Date of Death: 01-Jan-2001
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Khansultan Dachiev
- Khansultan Chapayevich Dachiev (Chechen: ????????? ???????? ??????; 12 December 1922 – May 2001) was a Chechen cavalry soldier of the Red Army during World War II.
- He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 15 January 1944 but later exiled to Jalal-Abad solely on the grounds of his Chechen ethnicity; after writing a letter to Lavrentiy Beria requesting the rehabilitation of the Chechen people he was arrested on manufactured charges of embezzlement and sentenced to twenty years of imprisonment.
- After his arrest he was stripped of his military medals and his Hero of the Soviet Union title was revoked.
- He was eventually released, and in 1985 he was granted clemency and his title was reinstated by Mikhail Gorbachev.
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