of thousands of chechens r, tens perished. in the 1990s, chechens fought and won a bloody war for independence from russia. it was during this violence that the younger tsarnaev brother, dzhokhar, was born and given the name of a chechen leader. it s a sure sign of chechen patriotism in the family that in 1993, they called that little son, dzhokhar, after the pro-independence president. chechen extremists would kill 186 children and more than a hundred in moscow. luis vasqued was friends with tamerlan in high school. that s where he s from. he didn t really elaborate.