Acronyms that contain the term abrek 

Abrek

The word abrek is a North Caucasian term. Prior to the Russian invasion of the Caucasus (1817-1864), and following the Islamization of the North Caucasians in the 16th-19th centuries, the majority of the North Caucasians were pagans. That is why in Chechen or Ingush the word abrek has the meaning of "avenger"; in Cherkess or Karachai the word has the meaning of "brave man". In the Caucasus the word has the derogatory meaning of "bandit" only in Ossetian and Russian - but these languages belong to the Indo-European language family. Once the term abrek was used for a person who vowed to avoid any pleasures and to be fearless in fighting for the sake of the God. An abrek renounced any contact with friends and relatives. The abrek lifestyle also included a lonely life in the unexplored wilderness and prayers. Later, the majority of abreks were devoted Muslims. The word abrek was used as a propaganda term for the anti-Soviet guerrillas of the post-war North Caucasus, as well as for all illegals. Those abreks were widely popularized as the defenders of the motherland and as paupers. In their old age, the abreks of the West Caucasus usually devoted themselves to beekeeping. The majority of the East Caucasus abreks were killed in non-stop warfare against the federal army. After the establishment of Soviet power in the Caucasus in the 1920s, abreks continued the fight against oppressors, for the most part in Chechnya. The Chechen abreks provoked the rebellions of 1920-21, 1929–31, 1931-1939, and the last in 1940-44, that led to the deportation of the Chechens and Ingush in 1944. The last anti-Soviet Chechen abrek was killed on 28 March 1976 at the age of 70.

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