Ruslan (Hamzat) Gelayev (Russian: Руслан (Хамзат) Гелаев; Chechen: ГелаевгIеран Германи-воI Руслан (Хамзат), Gelaevhervan Germanivol Ruslan (Hamzat) was a prominent commander in the Chechen resistance movement against Russia, in which he played a significant, yet controversial, military and political role in the 1990s and early 2000s. Gelayev was commonly viewed as an abrek and a well-respected, ruthless fighter. His operations spread well beyond the borders of Chechnya and even outside the Russian Federation and into Georgia. He was killed while leading a raid into the Russian Republic of Dagestan in 2004.
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16 April 1964 Chechnya, Russia
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Died |
28 February 2004 (aged 39) Dagestan, Russia
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Zodiac | Aries |
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