Contents
1. Preface
2. Brief notes on the
geography and demography of Samashki
Map of village and western
Chechnya
3. The situation in
Samashki from december 1994 to april 1995
4. The ultimatum of
april 6. Negotiations. MVD divisions operations up to the arrival
entry of troops.
5. Shooting at village
elders and alleged firing by dudayev fighters on Samashki�s
civilians
6. The MVD operation to
take Samashki
7. Casualties
among soldiers and OMON
8. The
"mop-up" operation
9. The death of
Samashki's villagers
9.1. methodology
used for compiling a list of the dead
9.1.1. sources used
for making the list
9.1.2. The structure
of the list of the deceased
9.1.3. Basic problems
in compiling the list
9.2. an analysis of
information gathered on the deaths of villagers
9.2.1. statistical
data
9.2.2. circumstances
surrounding the death of Samashki villagers
9.2.3. deaths not
included on the list of the deceased
9.3. the official
version of villagers' deaths
10. The icrc, other
humanitarian organizations, and doctors denied access to Samashki
11. Injuries among
villagers
12. Damage and
destruction in Samashki
13. Looting of
Samashki villagers
14. The detention
and "filtering" of Samashki residents
15. Investigation
of the Samashki events by russian government agencies
conclusions
Appendix
Appendix 1. Leaflet
Appendix 2. Statement by
Samashki residents to Lt.-Gen. Yu.A. Kosolapov
Appendix 3. List of
Samashki residents killed as a result of Russian forces'
operation on April 7-8,, 1995
Appendix 4. List of
Samashki homeowners whose houses were destroyed during the April
7-8 operation (compiled by the village administration)
Appendix 5. Description of
Statements by Samashki residents sent to S. Govorukhin, Chairman
of the Parliamentary Commission for Investigating the Causes of
the Emergence of the Crisis in the Chechen Republic1
Appendix 6. List of those
wounded in Samashki on April 7-8 and taken to the Sleptsovsk
hospital on April 10