Ruslan Gelayev, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ruslan Gelayev

Chechen field commander

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1964

Date of Death: 28-Feb-2004

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Ruslan Gelayev

  • Ruslan (Hamzat) Gelayev (Russian: ?????? (??????) ??????) (1964 – February 28, 2004) was a prominent commander in the Chechen separatist 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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