Chechen Republic, Russia
1. Kunta-haji (Unknow)
Chechen Mystic
Kunta-haji Kishiev was Chechen Muslim mystic the founder of a Sufi branch named Zikrism and an ideologue of nonviolence and passive resistance. He is often referred as the Chechen...
2. Salman Raduyev (1967)
Chechen Warlord
Salman Raduyev was a Chechen separatist warlord considered to be one of the most radical and notorious rebel commanders of the period between 1994 and 1999. Arrested in 2000 he...
3. Rizvan Chitigov (1964)
United States Marine
Rizvan Chitigov was a prominent Chechen rebel field commander in Shalinsky District of the Chechen Republic until his death in March 2005. In the early 1990s Chitigov lived the United...
4. Beibulat Taimiev (1779)
Russian Politician
In his notes known as “A Trip to Arzrum” the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin wrote: “The impressions are genuinely oriental! The renowned Beibulat the most feared man in the...
5. Adlan Khasanov (1970)
Russian Journalist And Photograp
Adlan Khasanov was a Chechen Russian journalist and photographer killed in action in Grozny. Adlan studied journalism at the Chechen State University and later worked in newspapers as a reporter...