16 April 1964 Komsomolskoye (Saadi-Kotar), Chechen–Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Died
28 February 2004(2004-02-28) (aged 39) Near Bezhta, Republic of Dagestan, North Caucasus
Awards
Qoman Siy (1995)
Nickname
Black Angel
Military service
Allegiance
Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Abkhazia Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Years of service
1992–1993 (Abkhazia) 1993–2004 (Chechnya)
Rank
Brigadier General (demoted in 2000)
Commands
Borz ("Gelayev's spetsnaz") Sharia Guard
Battles/wars
1992–1993 War in Abkhazia First Chechen War Second Chechen War 2001 Kodori crisis
Ruslan (Khamzat) Germanovich Gelayev[1] (Russian: Руслан Германович Гелаев; Chechen: ГелаевгӀер Герман-воъ Руслан, romanized: Gelaevher German vo' Ruslan) 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.[2] 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.
^His name is also often transliterated as "Khamzat" and "Gelaev".
commanders in the Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) along with Shamil Basayev, RuslanGelayev, Ibn Al-Khattab, Aslambek Ismailov and Khunkarpasha Israpilov. Maskhadov...
but the village of Shatoy was fought for and defended by the men of RuslanGelayev. Eventually, the Chechen command withdrew from the area of Vedeno to...
large group of more than 1,000 Chechen fighters, led by field commander RuslanGelayev, pursued since their withdrawal from Grozny, entered the village of...
destruction of most of the forces of Chechen rebel field commander RuslanGelayev. Scores of Chechens were taken prisoner by the Russians, and only a...
took up arms. Serving at first as a minor commander in the unit of RuslanGelayev, he took part in the 1995 battle of Grozny and then led the defence...
2001, a group of Chechen and Georgian fighters led by the commander RuslanGelayev entered the gorge from the Georgian side and attacked the village Giorgievskoe...
forces, initially serving under the command of RuslanGelayev in the special force popularly known as Gelayev's Spetsnaz (Gelayevskiy Spetsnaz). In 1996, Umarov...
Ruslan (Khalid or Halid) Bekmirzayevich Yamadayev (Russian: Руслан (Халид) Бекмирзаевич Ямадаев) (10 December 1961 – 24 September 2008) was a Chechen military...
betrayed the Chechen field commander RuslanGelayev to the Russian military forces, resulting in the massacre of Gelayev's forces in the Battle of Komsomolskoye...
to speak in Russian and only when first spoken to. When a father named Ruslan Betrozov stood to calm people and repeated the rules in the local language...
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. A fourth separatist unit, called "Khamzat Gelayev Joint Task Detachment" was also founded. As the Russo-Ukrainian War continued...
public and political figures such as Aslambek Aslakhanov, Irina Khakamada, Ruslan Khasbulatov, Boris Nemtsov and Grigory Yavlinsky took part in negotiations...
War.[citation needed] He commanded a special brigade and was loyal to RuslanGelayev. Dalkhan Khozhaev was born on 18 April 1961 in Grozny into the Chechen...
Global Information
Qoman Siy (1995)
Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus
Abkhazia