Oskanov was born in 1943 in Plievo , Chechen-Ingush ASSR into a peasant family . In February 1944 , together with whole Ingush and Chechen nations , he and his family deported to prison camps in Central Asia during Operation Lentil . Soon after being permitted to return to the Caucasus he returned to the newly restored Chechen-Ingush ASSR . He then entered a vocational school and studied at an aeroclub in Grozny
Operation Lentil
Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush
Sulom-Bek Oskanov