Aslan Maskhadov

Also known as Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov

Chechen warlord and politician

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Aslan Maskhadov was a Chechen military and political leader who fought against Russian control of Chechnya, particularly during the 1990s and 2000s wars. He matters historically because he represented Chechen resistance and independence efforts during a major conflict in post-Soviet Russia.

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Place of birth: Shoqai
Place of death: Tolstoy-Yurt
Occupation: politician
Position held: President of Ichkeria
Political party: Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Religion: Sunni Islam
Participant in: Battle of Grozny
Military branch: artillery branch
Military rank: general of the army
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date of death: 2005-03-08
date of birth: 1951-09-21
Commons category: Aslan Maskhadov
cause of death: explosion
manner of death: homicide
name in native language: Аслан Али кӏант Масхадан
allegiance: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
military casualty classification: killed in action

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Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov (Russian: Асла́н (Хали́д) Али́евич Масха́дов; Chechen: ӏалларойн Али-воӀ Аслан, romanized: Jallaroyn Ali-voj Aslan; 21 September 1951 – 8 March 2005) was a Soviet and Chechen politician and military commander who also served as the third president of the unrecognized Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

He was credited by many with the Chechen victory in the First Chechen War, which allowed for the establishment of the de facto independent Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Maskhadov was elected President of Chechnya in January 1997. Following the start of the Second Chechen War in August 1999, he returned to leading the guerrilla resistance against the Russian army. De facto Ichkeria ceased to exist at the beginning of 2000. Until his death, Maskhadov was President in exile. He was killed in Tolstoy-Yurt, a village in northern Chechnya, in March 2005.

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