Ruslan (Hamzat) Gelayev (Russian: Руслан (Хамзат) Гелаев) (1964 – February 28, 2004) was a prominent commander in the Chechen separatist 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. His operations spread well beyond the borders of Chechnya and even outside the Russian Federation and into Georgia.
| Attributes | Values |
|---|---|
| rdfs:comment |
|
| foaf:name |
|
| foaf:nick |
|
| dc:description |
|
| allegiance |
|
| battle | |
| birth place | |
| birth year |
|
| death date |
|
| death place | |
| death year |
|
| military command |
|
| service end year |
|
| service start year |
|
| is commander of |