chechen extremists would wage a campaign of terror across russia, killing 186 children at a school in beslan and more than 100 theater-goers in moscow. the tsarnaev family escaped the violence in the region by making their way to the u.s. he would tell me that he was from chechen. luis vasquez was friends with tamerlan in high school. that s where he s from. that s where he told me he had struggled. he didn t really elaborate. there s a whole generation of chechens who grew up with their families being displaced, relatives being killed and so on. thomas devaal has studied and written about the region. for most people that s a traumatic experiment, but obviously for a small minority, this is something that is in their dna that drives them. and like many displaced chechens, tamerlan may have struggled to fit in. chechnya is still home to militant separatist groups, and the home tamerlan s father grew up in has been destroyed by war. relatives still live here.
after the second world war, tens of thousands of chechens perished in a mass deportation order by josef stalin. 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 side of chechen patriotism in the family that in 1939 they called their little son dzhokhar after doakary dudayev who was the pro-independence representative. chechen independence wouldn t last. the war would kill thousands and chechen extremists would range a campaign of terror across russia, killing 186 children at a school in beslan and more than 100 theater-goers in moscow. the tsarnaev family escaped the violence in the region by making their way to the u.s. he would tell me that he was
after the second world war tens of thousands of chechens perished in a mass deportation ordered by joseph stalin. 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 their little son dzhokhar, after dzhokhar dudaev, who was the pro-independence president. reporter: but chechen independence wouldn t last. another war with russia would kill thousands. and chechen extremists would wage a campaign of terror across russia, killing 186 children at a school in beslan, and more than 100 theatergoers in moscow. the tsarnaev family escaped the violence of the region by making
of thousands of chechens perished in a mass deportation ordered by joseph stalin. 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 their little son dzhokhar, after dzhokhar dudaev, who was the pro-independence president. reporter: but chechen independence wouldn t last. another war with russia would kill thousands. and chechen extremists would wage a campaign of terror across russia, killing 186 children at a school in beslan, and more than 100 theatergoers in moscow. the tsarnaev family escaped the violence of the region by making their way to the u.s. he would tell me that he s from chechnya.
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 their little son dzhokhar, after dzhokhar dudaev, who was the pro-independence president. reporter: but chechen independence wouldn t last. another war with russia would kill thousands. and chechen extremists would wage a campaign of terror across russia, killing 186 children at a school in beslan, and more than 100 theatergoers in moscow. the tsarnaev family escaped the violence of the region by making their way to the u.s. he would tell me that he s from chechnya. reporter: luis vasquez was friends with tamerlan in high school. that s where he s from. that s where he told me he has struggles. he didn t really elaborate.