 As Cossacks were viewed as a potential threat to the Soviet nation, Moscow actively encouraged the migration of Chechens into the city from the mountains.In 1934 the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Oblast was formed, becoming the Chechen-Ingush ASSR in 1936.Due to its oil, Grozny with Maikop were the main strategic objectives of the German Fall Blau operation in summer of 1942.