22 May 2022(2022-05-22) (aged 63) Popasna, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Allegiance
Soviet Union Russia
Service/branch
Soviet Air Forces Russian Air Force Wagner Group
Years of service
1981–2013 2022
Rank
Major general
Battles/wars
Russo-Ukrainian War
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Eastern Ukraine offensive †
Awards
Kanamat Khuseevich Botashev[2] (Russian: Канамат Хусеевич Боташев; 20 May 1959 – 22 May 2022) was a Russian major general who was the commander of the military unit 23326 of the Western Military District and the commander of the Voronezh Malshevo airbase near Voronezh.[3] He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation.[4]
^"БОТАШЕВ КАНАМАТ ХУСЕЕВИЧ :: Эльбрусоид". www.elbrusoid.org. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
^Боташев Канамат Хусеевич
^СМИ: ВСУ уничтожили скандально известного генерала авиации ВС РФ
^Генерал-майора авиации Боташева посмертно удостоили звания Героя России
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