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Dalkhan Khozhaev

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Dalkhan Abdulazizovich Khozhaev
Personal details
Born18 April 1961
Grozny, Chechen-Ingush ASSR, USSR
Died26 July 2000(2000-07-26) (aged 39)
Valerik , Achkhoy-Martanovsky District , Chechnya , North Caucasus
Awards Qoman Siy
Military service
Allegiance
Years of service1994 - 2000
RankBrigadier General
Battles/warsFirst Chechen War

Second Chechen war

Dalkhan Abdulazizovich Khozhaev (18 April 1961 – 26 July 2000) was a Chechen historian, field commander, brigadier general and author with numerous works on the centuries-old confrontation between Chechnya and Russia, as well as the First Chechen War.[citation needed] He commanded a special brigade and was loyal to Ruslan Gelayev.[1]

Early life

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Dalkhan Khozhaev was born on 18 April 1961 in Grozny into the Chechen teip of Benoy. Dalkhan's father Abdul-Aziz Khozhaev was a commercial worker and his mother Zura Bibulatova was a Chechen and Russian language teacher. Both of his parents came from Novye Atagi. In 1983 he graduated from the faculty of History of the Chechen-Ingush State University.

Between 1985 - 1991, he was a methodologist of the station of young tourists, as well as a researcher at the Chechen-Ingush Republican Regional Museum.

Works

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He was the author of works on the history of the national liberation movement of Chechnya in the 19th century. As well as the Head of the Archives Department,[2] which was later destroyed. Since 1994 he was a member of the Cabinet of Ministers and as well as the State Defense Council of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Death

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On the night of 26 July 2000 in the village of Valerik, Khozhaev was shot dead by a sniper while staying the night with some relatives in a private household. The Russian military was blamed for the killing, but denied their involvement in his death. The federal forces believed that Arbi Barayev, a longtime enemy of Ruslan Gelayev, was involved in the killing. Possibly due to Dalkhan's loyalty to Ruslan Gelayev.[3]

Sources

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  1. ^ ""К сожалению, военные к смерти Хожаева отношения не имеют"". 3 August 2000.
  2. ^ "Вечерний Грозный". v-grozny.narod.ru. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. ^ ""К сожалению, военные к смерти Хожаева отношения не имеют"". www.kommersant.ru (in Russian). 3 August 2000. Retrieved 14 June 2020.