Commander of Eastern Sector, Vilayat Nokhchicho (Chechnya)
Personal details
Born
(1970-07-08)8 July 1970[1] Kalinovskaya, Chechen–Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union[1]
Died
24 January 2013(2013-01-24) (aged 42)[2] Vedeno, Chechnya, Russia
Military service
Allegiance
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Caucasus Emirate
Battles/wars
First Chechen War Second Chechen War North Caucasus Insurgency
Khuseyn Vakhaevich Gakayev (Russian: Хусейн Вахаевич Гакаев), also known as Emir Mansur (not to be confused with Amir Mansur, or Arbi Yovmurzaev, the Chechen nationalist commander killed in 2010)[3] and Emir Hussein,[4] was a mujahid Emir (commander) fighting in Chechnya. He was one of the most senior field commanders still operating in the North Caucasus prior to his death on 24 January 2013.[2]
In July 2011, Caucasus Emirate leader Dokka Umarov named Gakayev his naib (deputy) in the eastern sector of Chechnya,[5] thus resolving the nearly year-long dispute that saw a number of nationalist field commanders break away from Umarov, with Gakayev serving as Emir of Vilayat Nokhchicho.
Gakayev was killed by Russian security forces along with his brother Muslim and nine other militants after they were surrounded in the mountains of Vedeno, Chechnya on 24 January 2013.[2] The rebel website Kavkaz Center confirmed their deaths in a statement released on 25 January 2013.[6]
^ ab"A Portrait of Chechen Rebel Commander Hussein Gakaev" (PDF). Militant Leadership Monitor Volume: 2 Issue: 1. January 2011. Archived from the original on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ abc"Опаснее Умарова: ричастных к взрыву в Грозном боевиков братьев Гакаевых уничтожили в Чечне". Взгляд. 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^Factional Divisions within the Chechen Separatist Movement, The Jamestown Foundation, 22 October 2010 (Georgian Daily)
^Emir Hussein: All Mujahideen accepted Emir Dokku's decision on the Caucasus Emirate with great happiness, Kavkaz Center, 1 September 2008
^"Emir Dokku Abu Usman appoints Emir Khamzat and Emir Hussein as deputies of Province of Chechnya". Kavkaz Center. 23 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^"Подтверждена Шахада братьев Гакаевых". Kavkaz Center. 25 January 2013. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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