Concerning political rehabilitation of Chechens and Ingushes (1950-1990)

On the basis of archival and legal data the article analyses the process of political rehabilitation of special settlers from among Chechens and Ingushes in the 1950-1990-s. It has been found that the beginning of this process was laid in the 1950-s after Stalin's death. During this period the Council of Ministers of the USSR adopted a number of decrees aimed at improvement of the status of special settlers ("On the removal of some restrictions in the legal status of special settlers" (1964), "On the issuance of passports to special settlers" (1955), and others). The author shows that the deported peoples had hard times in restoration of civil rights lost by them during the deportation. The final stage of the political rehabilitation was in the 1990-s, when there were adopted the laws "On the Rehabilitation of Repressed Peoples" (1991) and "On the Rehabilitation of Victims of Political Repression" (1993).