Russian military slang for armed patrols and house searches, often with human-rights abuses
Zachistka (Russian: зачистка, lit. cleansing operation) is a Russian military term for "mopping-up" operations to cleanse a territory from enemy military forces or civilians. They were frequently conducted in villages and included house to house searches. The term was widely used in the Second Chechen War. A number of zachistka operations became notorious for human rights violations by Russian forces, including ethnic cleansing and pillaging, and the term zachistka is used in English exclusively to refer to these violations, particularly in Chechnya and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]
Zachistka (Russian: зачистка, lit. cleansing operation) is a Russian military term for "mopping-up" operations to cleanse a territory from enemy military...
Prong "The Cleansing", a song by Overkill from the album The Killing Kind Zachistka ("cleansing operation"), house-to-house operations mostly associated with...
The Borozdinovskaya operation was a zachistka-type (Russian: зачистка) operation by Russian forces in Borozdinovskaya [ru], Chechnya, on June 4, 2005...
crimes". Volnovakha bus attack Borozdinovskaya operation Bucha massacre zachistka Censor.NET (2023-10-31). "Russians detain two of their soldiers on suspicion...
injured. June 25 – Alkhan-Kala operation: Russian forces carry out a zachistka operation in Alkhan-Kala, Grozny, Chechnya, during the Second Chechen...
and summary executions on Chechen civilians; they were often linked to zachistka ("cleansing" raids on town districts and villages suspected of harboring...
21 Officers Die in Grozny Blast "SECURITY FORCES CARRY OUT A LARGE "ZACHISTKA" IN CHECHEN CAPITAL". Archived from the original on 2006-10-17. Retrieved...
war crimes in the war, Russian federal forces went on a village-sweep (zachistka), that involved summary executions of dozens of people, murder, looting...
Germans in Poland Shootout – Combat between two parties using firearms Zachistka – Russian military slang for armed patrols and house searches, often with...
February 5, 2000, in which Russian forces went on a cleansing operation (zachistka) summarily executing dozens of civilians. The village had been cluster-bombed...
involving hunting down people in lists, filtration, torture, and execution as zachistka ("cleansing"). Ukraine has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate...
security and light infantry roles, notably for the notorious "cleansing" (zachistka) operations. Prior to the war, there was also an OMON formation belonging...
civilians died during the attack. Russian forces conducted an operation of zachistka, house-by-house searches throughout the entire village. Federal soldiers...
civilians died during the attack. Russian forces conducted an operation of zachistka, house-by-house searches throughout the entire village. Federal soldiers...
ceased using heavy weapons until 28 September), a halt to the notorious zachistka ("mopping-up") operations, and that President of Russia Vladimir Putin...
Rostova was in her early 20s and was conducting so-called "cleaning" (zachistka) in the region, an ambiguous Cheka term. Khaikina has been accused of...
counter-terrorist unit Vityaz) began an operation to "mop up" the village (zachistka - an intense search of the streets, house-by-house) on April 7, in the...
outskirts of the towns and villages in the course of numerous "mopping-up" (zachistka) special operations. In 2006, Russia's human rights groups produced a...
Chechen village Alkhan-Kala. Umazheva was an outspoken critic of unlawful zachistka ("cleansing") raids that Russian forces conducted in her village and had...
rounded-up in their own homes during the mass and indiscriminate "mopping-up" (zachistka) operations and then kept there without any charges. According to official...
Archived from the original on 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2021-07-23. Video of the zachistka when Hienadz Shutau was wounded Radio Racyja The murder of Hienadz Shutau...
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