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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Ruslan Gelayev</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;"><div class="nickname" lang="ru"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">Руслан Гелаев</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ruslan_Gelayev.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/67/Ruslan_Gelayev.jpg/220px-Ruslan_Gelayev.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Ruslan_Gelayev.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="258" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Ichkeria" title="Prime Minister of Ichkeria">Prime Minister of Ichkeria</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 January 1997 – February 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aslan_Maskhadov" title="Aslan Maskhadov">Aslan Maskhadov</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aslan_Maskhadov" title="Aslan Maskhadov">Aslan Maskhadov</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">16 April 1964<br />Komsomolskoye (Saadi-Kotar), <a href="/wiki/Chechen%E2%80%93Ingush_Autonomous_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Chechen–Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic">Chechen–Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic</a>, Soviet Union</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">28 February 2004<span style="display:none">(2004-02-28)</span> (aged 39)<br />Near Bezhta, <a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Republic of Dagestan</a>, North Caucasus</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria" title="Chechen Republic of Ichkeria"><img alt="Chechen Republic of Ichkeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> Qoman Siy (1995)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname</th><td class="infobox-data">Black Angel</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_the_Confederation_of_Caucasian_Mountain_People.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Confederation_of_Caucasian_Mountain_People.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_the_Confederation_of_Caucasian_Mountain_People.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Confederation_of_Caucasian_Mountain_People.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Flag_of_the_Confederation_of_Caucasian_Mountain_People.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Confederation_of_Caucasian_Mountain_People.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="266" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_Mountain_Peoples_of_the_Caucasus" title="Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus">Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus</a><br /><span data-sort-value="Abkhazia"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Abkhazia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Abkhazia" title="Abkhazia">Abkhazia</a></span><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria" title="Chechen Republic of Ichkeria"><img alt="Chechen Republic of Ichkeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria" title="Chechen Republic of Ichkeria">Chechen Republic of Ichkeria</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1992–1993 (Abkhazia)<br />1993–2004 (Chechnya)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier General">Brigadier General</a> <span class="nowrap">(demoted in 2000)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Borz</i> ("Gelayev's spetsnaz") <br /> Sharia Guard</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/War_in_Abkhazia_(1992%E2%80%931993)" title="War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)">War in Abkhazia</a><br /><a href="/wiki/First_Chechen_War" title="First Chechen War">First Chechen War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Second_Chechen_War" title="Second Chechen War">Second Chechen War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/2001_Kodori_crisis" title="2001 Kodori crisis">2001 Kodori crisis</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ruslan Germanovich Gelayev</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Руслан Германович Гелаев</span>; <a href="/wiki/Chechen_language" title="Chechen language">Chechen</a>: <span lang="ce">ГелаевгӀер Герман-воъ Руслан</span>, <small>romanized: </small><span title="Chechen-language romanization"><i lang="ce-Latn">Gelaevher German-vo' Ruslan</i></span>) was <a href="/wiki/Chechens" title="Chechens">Chechen</a> military commander and prominent military figure of the Chechen resistance against Russia. Albeit being a controversial figure, Gelayev was commonly viewed as an <i><a href="/wiki/Abrek" title="Abrek">abrek</a></i> and a well-respected, ruthless fighter.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His operations spread well beyond the borders of <a href="/wiki/Chechnya" title="Chechnya">Chechnya</a> and even outside the Russia and into <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>. He was killed while leading a raid into the Russian Republic of <a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a> in 2004.l </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruslan_Gelayev&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ruslan Gelayev was born in 1964 in the village of Komsomolskoye (Saadi-Kotar) near <a href="/wiki/Urus-Martan" title="Urus-Martan">Urus-Martan</a>, 10 years after his parents had returned from the Stalinist <a href="/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Chechens_and_Ingush" title="Deportation of the Chechens and Ingush">deportation</a> of Chechens into <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a>. He was from Chechen Highland <a href="/wiki/Teip" title="Teip">teip</a> Gukhoy. Gelayev lived for several years outside <a href="/wiki/Chechnya" title="Chechnya">Chechnya</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic">Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic</a>, held various jobs and, at one point, served in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Army" title="Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet-Afghan_war">Soviet-Afghan war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruslan_Gelayev&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Soviet-Afghan war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1979-1980, Gelayev took part in the Soviet-Afghan war. He led his Spetsnaz battalion in special operations against Afghan mujahideen, before changing sides with Chechens in the 90's. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Georgian-Abkhazian_conflict">Georgian-Abkhazian conflict</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruslan_Gelayev&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Georgian-Abkhazian conflict"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1992–1993, Gelayev took part in the <a href="/wiki/Georgian%E2%80%93Abkhazian_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Georgian–Abkhazian conflict">Georgian–Abkhazian conflict</a> as a volunteer in the <a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_Mountain_Peoples_of_the_Caucasus" title="Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus">Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus</a> militia fighting for the Abkhaz separatist side against Georgia, serving under <a href="/wiki/Shamil_Basayev" title="Shamil Basayev">Shamil Basayev</a>. Together with the Chechen Battalion, Gelayev took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gagra" title="Battle of Gagra">Battle of Gagra</a>, which marked a turning point in the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Abkhazia_(1992%E2%80%931993)" title="War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)">War in Abkhazia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his return to Chechnya, he joined the forces of the <a href="/wiki/Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria" title="Chechen Republic of Ichkeria">Chechen Republic of Ichkeria</a>'s president, <a href="/wiki/Dzhokhar_Dudayev" title="Dzhokhar Dudayev">Dzhokhar Dudayev</a>, taking command of the special forces regiment <i>Borz</i> (Борз, "Wolf" in <a href="/wiki/Chechen_language" title="Chechen language">Chechen</a>) made up of veterans of the Abkhaz conflict. During the subsequent war with Russia, <a href="/wiki/Timur_Mutsurayev" title="Timur Mutsurayev">Timur Mutsurayev</a> wrote a song dedicated to the unit, "Gelayev's <a href="/wiki/Spetsnaz" title="Spetsnaz">Spetsnaz</a>!" (<i>Гелаевский спецназ!</i>), which became popular in Chechnya. In 1993–1994, the unit took part in combat actions against the anti-Dudayev Chechen opposition forces of <a href="/wiki/Ruslan_Labazanov" title="Ruslan Labazanov">Ruslan Labazanov</a> and Beslan Gantamirov who were later being aided by Russian covert operations operatives and mercenaries recruited by the Russian secret service <a href="/wiki/FSK_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="FSK (Russia)">FSK</a> from the ranks of the Russian Army. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Chechen_War">First Chechen War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruslan_Gelayev&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First Chechen War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gelayev fought against the Russian federal forces in the <a href="/wiki/First_Chechen_War" title="First Chechen War">First Chechen War</a> of 1994–1996, notably as a senior commander in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1994%E2%80%931995)" title="Battle of Grozny (1994–1995)">Battle of Grozny</a>, for which he became one of the first to be awarded the Chechnya's highest medal <i>Kioman Syi</i> (Honor of the Nation). In early 1995, he became the commander of the South-Western Front for the separatist forces, tasked with defense of the <a href="/wiki/Argun_River_(Caucasus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Argun River (Caucasus)">Argun</a> Gorge area. The Russians nicknamed him the "Black Angel" (<i>Чёрный ангел</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after his radio communications <a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">call sign</a>, "Angel". </p><p>Following the fall of Grozny and the Russian push into the highlands, Gelayev personally led the defense of the mountain village of <a href="/wiki/Shatoy" class="mw-redirect" title="Shatoy">Shatoy</a>, where he was wounded several times. Mumadi Saidayev then took over the command of the front.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this battle, on May 27, 1995, Gelayev announced that if the aerial bombing of the village continued, a number of captive Russian military aviation officers would be killed every day and, according to the Russian human rights group <a href="/wiki/Memorial_(society)" title="Memorial (society)">Memorial</a>, eight Russian POWs were executed as Gelayev carried out this threat.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The later <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ichkeria" title="President of Ichkeria">President of Ichkeria</a> (and still later the self-proclaimed leader of the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus_Emirate" title="Caucasus Emirate">Caucasus Emirate</a>) <a href="/wiki/Dokka_Umarov" title="Dokka Umarov">Dokka Umarov</a> initially served under his command, together with <a href="/wiki/Akhmed_Zakayev" title="Akhmed Zakayev">Akhmed Zakayev</a>, before they left it to form their own units. </p><p>On April 16, 1996, Gelayev and Saudi Arabian <a href="/wiki/Pan-Islamism" title="Pan-Islamism">pan-Islamist</a> militant <a href="/wiki/Ibn_al-Khattab" title="Ibn al-Khattab">Ibn al-Khattab</a> ambushed and destroyed a large convoy of Russian armored vehicles in the famous <a href="/wiki/Shatoy_ambush" title="Shatoy ambush">Shatoy ambush</a>, killing scores - or possibly hundreds - of federal soldiers, almost all of them within the first 15 minutes of the attack,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with minimal losses on their own side. Previously, on March 6, 1996, Gelayev had led a <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(March_1996)" title="Battle of Grozny (March 1996)">surprise raid on Grozny</a>, seizing large parts of the city for two days and inflicting serious losses on Russian forces, before leaving with more than 100 civilian hostages.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was seen as a rehearsal before the recapture of the city in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(August_1996)" title="Battle of Grozny (August 1996)">Battle of Grozny (August 1996)</a>, in an operation led by Basayev in which Gelayev also participated, and that ended the war. </p><p>After the war, Gelayev became a deputy <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister" title="Prime minister">prime minister</a> under the new Chechen President <a href="/wiki/Aslan_Maskhadov" title="Aslan Maskhadov">Aslan Maskhadov</a> in April 1997. He went on a <a href="/wiki/Hajj" title="Hajj">Hajj</a> pilgrimage to <a href="/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a> and took the name Hamzat.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, in January 1998, he was appointed the <a href="/wiki/Defence_minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Defence minister">defence minister</a> of Chechnya, a largely honorific<sup id="cite_ref-independent_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> post which he held until he was replaced by Magomed Khambiyev in July 1999. Gelayev became the first deputy defense minister in charge of security forces, including personal command of the Sharia Guard. Gelayev, however, maintained links with both Maskhadov and his rivals, in particular with <a href="/wiki/Zelimkhan_Yandarbiyev" title="Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev">Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev</a> and <a href="/wiki/Salman_Raduyev" title="Salman Raduyev">Salman Raduyev</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_Chechen_War">Second Chechen War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruslan_Gelayev&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Second Chechen War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the start of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Chechen_War" title="Second Chechen War">Second Chechen War</a> in late 1999, Gelayev commanded a force of some 1,500 fighters in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1999%E2%80%932000)" title="Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)">siege of Grozny</a>, charged with defense of the south-western sector of the city. However, he and most of his men left the city without orders in January 2000, which left it open to attack.<sup id="cite_ref-tmt_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tmt-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following Gelayev's unauthorized withdrawal from Grozny, Maskhadov demoted him from the rank of <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_general" title="Brigadier general">brigadier general</a> to a <a href="/wiki/Private_(rank)" title="Private (rank)">private</a> and stripped him of all military decorations. </p><p>In February–March 2000, Gelayev's forces took heavy losses as they withdrew from Grozny to the mountains of southern Chechnya, where they discovered that their mountain bases had been destroyed by Russian aircraft, leaving them starving, freezing, and low on ammunition.<sup id="cite_ref-lat_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that point, the notorious Chechen warlord <a href="/wiki/Arbi_Barayev" title="Arbi Barayev">Arbi Barayev</a> contacted Gelayev, promising him aid and transportation to a safe area. When Gelayev's forces arrived at the specified meeting place, where buses were supposed to be waiting to evacuate their wounded,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they were ambushed by a large number of Russian troops. They retreated to Gelayev's native village of Komsomolskoye (Saadi-Kotar). There, around a thousand or more rebels were trapped and the village was pounded for weeks by the federal forces in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Komsomolskoye" title="Battle of Komsomolskoye">Battle of Komsomolskoye</a>, one of the bloodiest battles of the war, ending with hundreds of Chechen fighters and civilians dead, along with more than 50 government troops (according to Russian figures). Gelayev escaped, but with only a fraction of his men, and many of demoralized survivors decided to give up the fight.<sup id="cite_ref-lat_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya" title="Anna Politkovskaya">Anna Politkovskaya</a> wrote, "How could he ever think of taking the war home, to Komsomolskoe, knowing in advance that his own home village would be destroyed!"<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some time after this crushing defeat at Komsomolskoye, the Russian government attempted to negotiate with Gelayev, since he was believed to be in conflict with the other Chechen commanders (especially with Barayev, against whom Gelayev fought a brief personal war following Barayev's apparent betrayal of him at Komsomolskoye). In November 2000, a <a href="/wiki/Moscow_Kremlin" class="mw-redirect" title="Moscow Kremlin">Kremlin</a> envoy confirmed that Russian federal authorities were involved in talks with Gelayev, but this information was refuted later.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002, pro-Moscow Chechen government leader <a href="/wiki/Akhmad_Kadyrov" title="Akhmad Kadyrov">Akhmad Kadyrov</a> said to Politkovskaya that he had sent his envoys to negotiate with Gelayev several times.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, Gelayev publicly denounced Kadyrov's claims as "blatant lies" from a "despicable traitor".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i>, Gelayev's alleged secret talks with Kadyrov "broke down in early 2001 when Moscow refused to guarantee Gelayev's safety if he laid down his arms" and there were also rumours of earlier secret collaboration between Gelayev and the Russians, including the circumstances of his withdrawal from Grozny and his escape from Komsomolskoye.<sup id="cite_ref-independent_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002, a critical article in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Moscow_Times" title="The Moscow Times">The Moscow Times</a></i> called him "the rebel who rides to Russia's rescue".<sup id="cite_ref-tmt_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tmt-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, Gelayev decided to rebuild his forces in the remote <a href="/wiki/Pankisi_Gorge" class="mw-redirect" title="Pankisi Gorge">Pankisi Gorge</a> across the Georgian border. There, Gelayev had built up a significant armed force from hundreds of Chechen refugees, local <a href="/wiki/Kist_people" title="Kist people">Kists</a> (Georgian Chechens), and Ingush and Dagestani volunteers, as well as scores of international <a href="/wiki/Mujahideen" title="Mujahideen">mujahideen</a> who had travelled there (mostly Azeris, Turks and Arabs). In August 2001, Gelayev played a crucial role in releasing Russian human rights activist Svetlana Kuzmina, who had been held in Chechen captivity for more than two years. Gelayev acted upon the request of Louisa Islamova, the wife of his friend and rebel commander Lechi Islamov, who was being held in Moscow's <a href="/wiki/Lefortovo_prison" class="mw-redirect" title="Lefortovo prison">Lefortovo prison</a> pending trial (Islamov died there, allegedly poisoned.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) Islamova had tracked down Vyacheslav Izmailov, a former federal military officer turned a journalist for <i><a href="/wiki/Novaya_Gazeta" title="Novaya Gazeta">Novaya Gazeta</a></i>, and offered to try to persuade the rebels to free hostages if Izamailov would help her try to secure her husband's release in court. Gelayev wrote a note warning Kuzmina's captors that if they did not free the woman, they would become his deadly enemies.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, Georgian authorities were accused of negotiating a deal to supply and arm Gelayev's force in return for Gelayev's leading a raid on behalf of Georgia into the disputed <a href="/wiki/Kodori_Gorge" class="mw-redirect" title="Kodori Gorge">Kodori Gorge</a> in Abkhazia (the October <a href="/wiki/2001_Kodori_crisis" title="2001 Kodori crisis">2001 Kodori crisis</a>). Gelayev earned admiration from senior Georgian politicians, despite the failure of the attempt during which at least 40 people were killed (including five <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">UN</a> observers in a shot down helicopter). Georgian president <a href="/wiki/Eduard_Shevardnadze" title="Eduard Shevardnadze">Eduard Shevardnadze</a> publicly described him as a "noble man and an educated person who is well-disposed toward Georgia."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From his bases in Pankisi, Gelayev organised a series of cross-border hit-and-run attacks into Russia. He would not perform any large-scale raid into Chechnya because he wanted to avoid clashes with fellow Chechens serving in pro-Moscow forces and because of his strained relations with Maskhadov and Basayev. However, more than 100 Chechen fighters left his group and returned to Chechnya under the command of Umarov in 2002. Many Dagestani and <a href="/wiki/Kabarday" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabarday">Kabarday</a> fighters also split from Gelayev and returned to their own republics, Dagestan and <a href="/wiki/Kabardino-Balkaria" title="Kabardino-Balkaria">Kabardino-Balkaria</a>, launching the local insurgencies there. In September 2002, Gelayev personally led an incursion into the Russian republic of <a href="/wiki/Ingushetia" title="Ingushetia">Ingushetia</a>, capturing the villages of Tarskoye and <a href="/wiki/Galashki" title="Galashki">Galashki</a>, but his fighters became surrounded, took large losses and were dispersed. According to Russia, 30-40 Chechen fighters were killed in shootouts and air attacks and five were captured (though Chechen sources said that seven fighters were killed and five were missing).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 17 Russian servicemen were also reported killed.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among those killed was <a href="/wiki/Roddy_Scott" title="Roddy Scott">Roddy Scott</a>, a British freelance reporter who travelled with the rebels and was allegedly shot by a Russian sniper while attempting to surrender.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gelayev himself was severely injured and for a time being was out of action. In an October 2002 interview, he said he would "continue to fight until not only our country but all the nations of the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> are freed from the <a href="/wiki/Double-headed_eagle" title="Double-headed eagle">double-headed eagle</a> [of Russia]."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruslan_Gelayev&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the winter of 2003–2004, Gelayev led a raid from Georgia into the mountainous <a href="/wiki/Tsuntinsky_District" title="Tsuntinsky District">Tsuntinsky District</a> region of the Russian republic of <a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a>, during which 20-30 of his fighters (Chechen and Dagestani, reportedly including <a href="/wiki/Khozh-Ahmed_Noukhayev" title="Khozh-Ahmed Noukhayev">Khozh-Ahmed Noukhayev</a>) and 15 Russian servicemen were reported to have died in the fighting and landslide accidents, while five rebels were captured. According to the official story, Gelayev died on February 28, 2004, following a skirmish with a two-man patrol of the <a href="/wiki/Border_Guard_Service_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Border Guard Service of Russia">Border Guard Service of Russia</a> that he had encountered while attempting to cross the border into Georgia alone. Gelayev shot and killed both guards (First Sergeant Mukhtar Suleimanov and Sergeant Abdulkhalik Kurbanov, both from Dagestan, who were posthumously awarded the title of <a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Hero of the Russian Federation">Hero of the Russian Federation</a>), but he himself then died soon after as a result of a serious injury he suffered during the shootout, having been hit by a rifle burst in his left arm.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After walking about 100 meters, Gelayev cut off his own mangled hand,<sup id="cite_ref-not_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but died from blood loss. </p><p>However, according to the <a href="/wiki/Kavkaz_Center" title="Kavkaz Center">Kavkaz Center</a> version, Gelayev fought against a larger group of Russian troops and was killed after his arm was shot-off by heavy machine gun fire from a helicopter. In 2013, a retired <a href="/wiki/Spetsnaz_GRU" title="Spetsnaz GRU">Spetsnaz GRU</a> Colonel Alexander Musienko claimed that he was aboard a helicopter which killed Gelayev and another Chechen fighter with gunfire and an avalanche caused by rockets already on December 28, 2003, but the corpse of Gelayev was only identified after being dug up from the snow in February 2004. According to Musienko, 20 Chechen fighters were killed and nine were captured and nine Spetsnaz GRU commandos under his command died in this battle, and that the official story of Gelayev's death after the clash with border guards was completely invented.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A supposed death of Gelayev in the firefight "that left nine Russian soldiers dead in December" was actually officially reported at the time, but later refuted and assumed to be incorrect after the new version was announced on March 2, 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The corpse was positively identified by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Security_Service_(Russia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Security Service (Russia)">FSB</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was not released to his relatives because Gelayev was classified as a terrorist by Russian authorities. His family has since been campaigning for the release of his remains or disclosure of what happened to the body, including attempts to buy it back.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruslan_Gelayev&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gelayev's eldest son, Rustam, was born in 1988 in <a href="/wiki/Omsk" title="Omsk">Omsk</a>, Russia, where his father lived during the 1980s when he was married to a local ethnic Russian woman Larisa Gubkina. After living most of his life outside of Chechnya, in Russia, Rustam moved to Belgium and then to Egypt to study Islam, before allegedly joining the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" title="Syrian civil war">Syrian civil war</a> to fight alongside Syrian rebels (according to the sources sympathetic to the uprising, like <a href="/wiki/Kavkaz_Center" title="Kavkaz Center">Kavkaz Center</a>). Around August 12, 2012, the 24-year-old Rustam Gelayev was reportedly killed by an artillery attack during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aleppo_(2012%E2%80%932016)" title="Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016)">Battle of Aleppo</a>. His body was taken to Chechnya, where he was buried on August 17.<sup id="cite_ref-not_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-not-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Kommersant" title="Kommersant">Kommersant</a></i>, however, cited a relative of Gelayev as saying Rustam had been only studying in Syria and was killed on his way to Turkey while fleeing from the war.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruslan_Gelayev&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">His name is also often transliterated as "Khamzat" and "Gelaev".</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080306113121/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,598573,00.html?iid=chix-sphere">Milestones</a>, <i>TIME</i>, Mar. 08, 2004</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vicken Cheterian, <i>War and Peace in the Caucasus: Ethnic Conflict and the New Geopolitics</i>, page 337</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Dispatches, <i>Chechnya: The Dirty War</i>, <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> documentary, 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://smallwarsjournal.com/documents/iskhanovinterview.pdf">COLONEL HUSEIN ISKHANOV</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080308081720/http://smallwarsjournal.com/documents/iskhanovinterview.pdf">Archived</a> March 8, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.memo.ru/hr/hotpoints/chechen/szczyt/eng/">Behind Their Backs: Russian forces' use of civilians as hostages and human shields during the Chechnya war (I. Introduction)</a>, Memorial, 1997</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Armor</i> Volume 109, Issue 6, page 25</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.memo.ru/hr/hotpoints/chechen/checheng/czecz.htm">Russia-Chechnya: Chain of Mistakes and Crimes | Armed Conflict in Chechnya: Principal Stages and Important Events</a>, Memorial</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-independent-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-independent_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-independent_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-independent_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20040304/ai_n12769115">Obituary: Ruslan Gelayev: Feared Chechen rebel-turned-bandit</a>, <i>The Independent</i>, March 4, 2004 <sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged August 2012">dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130209231212/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chechnya-sl/message/36523">archived article</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tmt-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tmt_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tmt_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/the-rebel-who-rides-to-russias-rescue/243201.html">The Rebel Who Rides to Russia's Rescue</a>, <i>The Moscow Times</i>, 2 October 2002</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lat-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-lat_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-lat_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-03-mn-15455-story.html">Fatigue Thins Chechen Rebels' Ranks</a>, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, April 3, 2000</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paul J. Murphy, <i>The Wolves of Islam: Russia and the Faces of Chechen Terror</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Anna Politkovskaya, <i>A Dirty War: A Russian Reporter in Chechnya</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jwit/jwit010129_1_n.shtml">Chronology of events involving Chechen guerrillas</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080226225608/http://www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jwit/jwit010129_1_n.shtml">Archived</a> February 26, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>Jane's</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.justicefornorthcaucasus.com/anna_politkovskaya.php?entry_id=1016780400&title=akhmad-kadyrov%3A-had-i-been-the-dictator-of-chechnya&comments=comments">Akhmad Kadyrov: Had I been the dictator of Chechnya « Anna Politkovskaya</a>, <i>Novaya Gazeta</i>, March 22, 2002</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2003/10/27/1883.shtml">Interview with Commander Khamzat Gelayev</a>, Kavkaz Center, 27 October 2003</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kavkaz.org.uk/eng/content/2004/06/12/2894.shtml">He chose martyr's fate</a>, Kavkaz Center <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120210144421/http://kavkaz.org.uk/eng/content/2004/06/12/2894.shtml">Archived</a> February 10, 2012, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gazeta.ru/2001/08/09/780DaysinChe.shtml">780 Days in Chechen Captivity</a>, Gazeta.Ru, 2001/08/09</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.russiajournal.com/?q=node/2683">Russia, Georgia clash over warlord</a>, The Russia Journal, 2002-09-04</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2282603.stm">Russians 'beat off Chechen rebels'</a>, BBC News, 26 September 2002</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-sep-27-fg-chechen27-story.html">Fierce Clash Between Rebels, Russian Troops</a>, <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, September 27, 2002</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-06/22/content_341596.htm">46 killed in attacks on Russia government</a>, <i>China Daily</i>, 2004-06-22</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2283051.stm">Briton killed in Chechen rebel skirmish</a>, BBC News, 26 September 2002</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">North Caucasus Weekly Volume 3, Issue 28 (October 1, 2002)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.russiajournal.com/node/17350">To kill Gelayev and die</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180201/http://www.russiajournal.com/node/17350">Archived</a> 2016-03-03 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, The Russia Journal, 2004-03-02</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-not-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-not_26-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-not_26-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/syria/2012/syria-120824-rianovosti02.htm">Chechen Rebels Not Flocking to Syria – Experts</a>, RIA Novosti / GlobalSecurity.Org</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/02/world/world-briefing-europe-russia-chechen-rebel-killed.html">Europe: Russia: Chechen Rebel Killed</a>, <i>The New York Times</i>, March 02, 2004</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?idr=500&id=-183">FSB Confirms Gelaev's Death</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081604/http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?idr=500&id=-183">Archived</a> 2016-03-04 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>Kommersant</i>, Mar. 02, 2004</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/06/c983acfb-f3e8-425b-865f-f41e82d62af7.html">Russia: A Terrorist In Life Is A Terrorist In Death</a>, RFE/RL, August 23, 2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/son-of-chechen-warlord-dies-fighting-assad/466997.html">Son of Chechen Warlord Dies Fighting Assad</a>, <i>The Moscow Times</i>, 22 August 2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-syria-crisis-russia-chechenbre87m0cf-20120823,0,6669640.story">Son of late Chechen warlord reported killed in Syria</a>, <i>Chicago Tribune</i> (Reuters), August 23, 2012</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160115053147/http://in.reuters.com/article/syria-crisis-idINDEE87M07I20120823">Military hits town near Damascus, 100 killed in Syria</a>, Reuters, August 23, 2012</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/wiki/Samashki_massacre" title="Samashki massacre">Samashki massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shatoy_ambush" title="Shatoy ambush">Shatoy ambush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(August_1996)" title="Battle of Grozny (August 1996)">Battle of Grozny (August 1996)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khasavyurt_Accord" title="Khasavyurt Accord">Khasavyurt Accord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Chechnya_Peace_Treaty" title="Russia–Chechnya Peace Treaty">Russia–Chechnya Peace Treaty</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Second Chechen War</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1999_Russian_bombing_of_Chechnya" title="1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya">1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1999%E2%80%932000)" title="Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)">Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Height_776" title="Battle for Height 776">Battle for Height 776</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Komsomolskoye" title="Battle of Komsomolskoye">Battle of Komsomolskoye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Zhani-Vedeno_ambush" title="2000 Zhani-Vedeno ambush">2000 Zhani-Vedeno ambush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Khankala_Mi-26_crash" title="2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash">2002 Khankala Mi-26 crash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Nazran_raid" title="2004 Nazran raid">2004 Nazran raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_raid_on_Grozny" title="2004 raid on Grozny">2004 raid on Grozny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_raid_on_Nalchik" title="2005 raid on Nalchik">2005 raid on Nalchik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counter-insurgency_operations_during_the_Second_Chechen_War" title="Counter-insurgency operations during the Second Chechen War">Counter-insurgency operations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_phase_of_the_Second_Chechen_War" title="Guerrilla phase of the Second Chechen War">Guerrilla phase</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_phase_of_the_Second_Chechen_War_(2000)" title="Guerrilla phase of the Second Chechen War (2000)">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_phase_of_the_Second_Chechen_War_(2001)" title="Guerrilla phase of the Second Chechen War (2001)">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_phase_of_the_Second_Chechen_War_(2002)" title="Guerrilla phase of the Second Chechen War (2002)">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_phase_of_the_Second_Chechen_War_(2003)" title="Guerrilla phase of the Second Chechen War (2003)">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_phase_of_the_Second_Chechen_War_(2004)" title="Guerrilla phase of the Second Chechen War (2004)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_phase_of_the_Second_Chechen_War_(2005)" title="Guerrilla phase of the Second Chechen War (2005)">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_phase_of_the_Second_Chechen_War_(2006)" title="Guerrilla phase of the Second Chechen War (2006)">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_phase_of_the_Second_Chechen_War_(2007)" title="Guerrilla phase of the Second Chechen War (2007)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_phase_of_the_Second_Chechen_War_(2008)" title="Guerrilla phase of the Second Chechen War (2008)">2008</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major attacks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Budyonnovsk_hospital_hostage_crisis" title="Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis">1995 Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Sea_hostage_crisis" title="Black Sea hostage crisis">1996 Black Sea hostage crisis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MV_Avrasya" title="MV Avrasya">MV <i>Avrasya</i> hijacking</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kizlyar%E2%80%93Pervomayskoye_hostage_crisis" title="Kizlyar–Pervomayskoye hostage crisis">1996 Kizlyar hostage crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Vladikavkaz_bombing" title="1999 Vladikavkaz bombing">1999 Vladikavkaz bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_apartment_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian apartment bombings">1999 Russian apartment bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tukhchar_massacre" title="Tukhchar massacre">1999 Tukhchar massacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis" title="Moscow theater hostage crisis">2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Grozny_truck_bombing" title="2002 Grozny truck bombing">2002 Grozny truck bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozdok_truck_bombing" title="Mozdok truck bombing">2003 Mozdok bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Tushino_bombing" title="2003 Tushino bombing">2003 Tushino bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2004_Moscow_Metro_bombing" title="February 2004 Moscow Metro bombing">2004 Moscow Metro bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Russian_aircraft_bombings" title="2004 Russian aircraft bombings">2004 Russian aircraft bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beslan_school_siege" title="Beslan school siege">2004 Beslan school siege</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Vladikavkaz_bombing" title="2008 Vladikavkaz bombing">2008 Vladikavkaz bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Nevsky_Express_bombing" title="2009 Nevsky Express bombing">2009 Nevsky Express bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Moscow_Metro_bombings" title="2010 Moscow Metro bombings">2010 Moscow Metro bombings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domodedovo_International_Airport_bombing" title="Domodedovo International Airport bombing">Domodedovo International Airport bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Makhachkala_attack" title="2012 Makhachkala attack">2012 Makhachkala attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Grozny_bombing" title="2014 Grozny bombing">2014 Grozny bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Saint_Petersburg_Metro_bombing" title="2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing">2017 Saint Petersburg Metro bombing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crocus_City_Hall_attack" title="Crocus City Hall attack">Crocus City Hall attack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Dagestan_attacks" title="2024 Dagestan attacks">2024 Dagestan attacks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chechen_Revolution" title="Chechen Revolution">Chechen Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(November_1994)" title="Battle of Grozny (November 1994)">Battle of Grozny (November 1994)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_government_censorship_of_Chechnya_coverage" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian government censorship of Chechnya coverage">Censorship of Chechnya coverage</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/International_response_to_the_Second_Chechen_War" title="International response to the Second Chechen War">Second Chechen War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Chechnya" title="Politics of Chechnya">Politics of Chechnya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chechenpress" title="Chechenpress">Chechenpress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavkaz_Center" title="Kavkaz Center">Kavkaz Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chechen_genocide" title="Chechen genocide">Chechen genocide</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Wars in culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chechen_Wars_films" title="List of Chechen Wars films">List of films</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Polina_Zherebtsova%27s_Journal" title="Polina Zherebtsova's Journal">Polina Zherebtsova's Journal</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_(2002_film)" 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href="/wiki/GRU_(Russian_Federation)" title="GRU (Russian Federation)">Main Intelligence Directorate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spetsnaz" title="Spetsnaz">Special Forces (Spetsnaz)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chechnya" title="Chechnya">Republic of Chechnya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kadyrovites" title="Kadyrovites">Kadyrovites</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian Federation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin" title="Boris Yeltsin">Boris Yeltsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev" title="Dmitry Medvedev">Dmitry Medvedev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Lebed" title="Alexander Lebed">Alexander Lebed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Grachev" title="Pavel Grachev">Pavel Grachev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gennady_Troshev" title="Gennady Troshev">Gennady Troshev</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chechnya" title="Chechnya">Chechnya</a> <ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Akhmad_Kadyrov" title="Akhmad Kadyrov">Akhmad Kadyrov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alu_Alkhanov" title="Alu Alkhanov">Alu Alkhanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramzan_Kadyrov" title="Ramzan Kadyrov">Ramzan Kadyrov</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Dzhabrail_Yamadayev" title="Dzhabrail Yamadayev">Dzhabrail Yamadayev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Ruslan_Yamadayev" title="Ruslan Yamadayev">Ruslan Yamadayev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Sulim_Yamadayev" title="Sulim Yamadayev">Sulim Yamadayev</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Separatists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combatants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chechen_Republic_of_Ichkeria" title="Chechen Republic of Ichkeria">Chechen Republic of Ichkeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caucasian_Front_(militant_group)" title="Caucasian Front (militant group)">Caucasian Front</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vilayat_Dagestan" class="mw-redirect" title="Vilayat Dagestan">Vilayat Dagestan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilayat_Galgayche" title="Vilayat Galgayche">Vilayat Galgayche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilayat_Nokhchicho" title="Vilayat Nokhchicho">Vilayat Nokhchicho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Vilayat_of_Kabarda,_Balkaria_and_Karachay" title="United Vilayat of Kabarda, Balkaria and Karachay">United Vilayat of Kabarda, Balkaria and Karachay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilayat_Cherkessia" title="Vilayat Cherkessia">Vilayat Cherkessia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilayat_Iriston" class="mw-redirect" title="Vilayat Iriston">Vilayat Iriston</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Djamaat_of_Dagestan" title="Islamic Djamaat of Dagestan">Islamic Djamaat of Dagestan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberation_Army_of_Dagestan" title="Liberation Army of Dagestan">Liberation Army of Dagestan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alperen_Hearths" title="Alperen Hearths">Alperen Hearths</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grey_Wolves_(organization)" title="Grey Wolves (organization)">Grey Wolves</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Dzhokhar_Dudayev" title="Dzhokhar Dudayev">Dzhokhar Dudayev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Zelimkhan_Yandarbiyev" title="Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev">Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Aslan_Maskhadov" title="Aslan Maskhadov">Aslan Maskhadov</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Abdul-Halim_Sadulayev" title="Abdul-Halim Sadulayev">Abdul-Halim Sadulayev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ruslan Gelayev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Shamil_Basayev" title="Shamil Basayev">Shamil Basayev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Arbi_Barayev" title="Arbi Barayev">Arbi Barayev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Salman_Raduyev" title="Salman Raduyev">Salman Raduyev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akhmed_Zakayev" title="Akhmed Zakayev">Akhmed Zakayev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Turpal-Ali_Atgeriyev" title="Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev">Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Vakha_Arsanov" title="Vakha Arsanov">Vakha Arsanov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilyas_Akhmadov" title="Ilyas Akhmadov">Ilyas Akhmadov</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Movsar_Barayev" title="Movsar Barayev">Movsar Barayev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Muslim_Atayev" title="Muslim Atayev">Muslim Atayev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Rasul_Makasharipov" title="Rasul Makasharipov">Rasul Makasharipov</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Ilyas_Gorchkhanov" title="Ilyas Gorchkhanov">Ilyas Gorchkhanov</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Rappani_Khalilov" title="Rappani Khalilov">Rappani Khalilov</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mujahideen</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combatants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caucasus_Emirate" title="Caucasus Emirate">Caucasus Emirate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mujahideen_in_Chechnya" title="Mujahideen in Chechnya">Mujahideen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_International_Peacekeeping_Brigade" title="Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade">Islamic International Brigade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riyad-us_Saliheen_Brigade_of_Martyrs" title="Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs">Riyad-us Saliheen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_%E2%80%93_Caucasus_Province" title="Islamic State – Caucasus Province">Islamic State – Caucasus Province</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Magomed_Suleimanov" title="Magomed Suleimanov">Magomed Suleimanov</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Aliaskhab_Kebekov" title="Aliaskhab Kebekov">Aliaskhab Kebekov</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Dokka_Umarov" title="Dokka Umarov">Dokka Umarov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aslambek_Vadalov" title="Aslambek Vadalov">Aslambek Vadalov</a></li> <li> (<a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war"><abbr title="Prisoner of war">POW</abbr></a>) <a href="/wiki/Ali_Taziev" title="Ali Taziev">Ali Taziev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Anzor_Astemirov" title="Anzor Astemirov">Anzor Astemirov</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Supyan_Abdullayev" title="Supyan Abdullayev">Supyan Abdullayev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Aslan_Byutukayev" title="Aslan Byutukayev">Aslan Byutukayev</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Movladi_Udugov" title="Movladi Udugov">Movladi Udugov</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Khuseyn_Gakayev" title="Khuseyn Gakayev">Khuseyn Gakayev</a></li> <li> (<a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war"><abbr title="Prisoner of war">POW</abbr></a>) <a href="/wiki/Tarkhan_Gaziyev" title="Tarkhan Gaziyev">Tarkhan Gaziyev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Said_Buryatsky" title="Said Buryatsky">Said Buryatsky</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Magomed_Vagabov" title="Magomed Vagabov">Magomed Vagabov</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Rustam_Asildarov" title="Rustam Asildarov">Rustam Asildarov</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Asker_Dzhappuyev" title="Asker Dzhappuyev">Asker Dzhappuyev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Getagazhev" title="Arthur Getagazhev">Arthur Getagazhev</a></li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" 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