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'''Sariya Akhmedovna Lakoba''' ({{lang-ru|Сария Ахмедовна Лакоба}}; born Sariya Akhmedovna Dzhikh-Ogly {{lang-ru|Сария Ахмедовна Джих-оглы}}; 1904 – 16 May 1939), was a Soviet woman who was the spouse of [[Nestor Lakoba]], the leader of [[Abkhazia]]. She was arrested after Nestor |
'''Sariya Akhmedovna Lakoba''' ({{lang-ru|Сария Ахмедовна Лакоба}}; born Sariya Akhmedovna Dzhikh-Ogly {{lang-ru|Сария Ахмедовна Джих-оглы}}; 1904 – 16 May 1939), was a Soviet woman who was the spouse of [[Nestor Lakoba]], the leader of [[Abkhazia]]. She came from a wealthy [[Adjara|Adjarian]] noble family.<ref name="medvedev">[[Roy Medvedev|Roy Aleksandrovich Medvedev]], George Shriver, ''Let History Judge: The Origins and Consequences of Stalinism'', Columbia University Press, New York, 1989, ISBN 0-231-06350-4. p. 495-496</ref> She was wery calm and silent woman. Sariya was arrested soon after Nestor death and imprisoned in [[Tbilisi]]. The [[NKVD]] tortured her every evening and beat her severely in order to have her sign a statement against Lakoba and denounce him as an enemy of the [[Soviet Union]]. Her reply each time was "I will not defame the memory of my husband", so their son Rauf, aged 14, was arrested, brought to the jail where his mother was held, threatened with death if she did not testify, and beaten in front of her. Sariya repeated refusal to confess angered the NKVD agents and she finally died in her cell after a night of torture in 1939.<ref name="medvedev"/> |
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Sariya Lakoba | |
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| Сария Лакоба (Russian) | |
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| Born | Sariya Dzhikh-Ogly (Сария Джих-оглы) 1904 |
| Died | 16 May 1939 (aged 34–35) |
| Nationality | Soviet |
| Known for | Spouse of the Nestor Lakoba, victim of NKVD |
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| Children | 1 (Rauf, 1922–1941) |
Sariya Akhmedovna Lakoba (Russian: Сария Ахмедовна Лакоба; born Sariya Akhmedovna Dzhikh-Ogly Russian: Сария Ахмедовна Джих-оглы; 1904 – 16 May 1939), was a Soviet woman who was the spouse of Nestor Lakoba, the leader of Abkhazia. She came from a wealthy Adjarian noble family.[1] She was wery calm and silent woman. Sariya was arrested soon after Nestor death and imprisoned in Tbilisi. The NKVD tortured her every evening and beat her severely in order to have her sign a statement against Lakoba and denounce him as an enemy of the Soviet Union. Her reply each time was "I will not defame the memory of my husband", so their son Rauf, aged 14, was arrested, brought to the jail where his mother was held, threatened with death if she did not testify, and beaten in front of her. Sariya repeated refusal to confess angered the NKVD agents and she finally died in her cell after a night of torture in 1939.[1]
Bibliography
- Rayfield, Donald (2004), Stalin and His Hangmen: The Tyrant and Those Who Killed for Him, New York City: Random House, ISBN 978-0-37-575771-6
- ^ a b Roy Aleksandrovich Medvedev, George Shriver, Let History Judge: The Origins and Consequences of Stalinism, Columbia University Press, New York, 1989, ISBN 0-231-06350-4. p. 495-496