Aslan Maskhadov

Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov (Russian: ????? ??????? ????????) (September 21, 1951 ? March 8, 2005) was a leader of the separatist movement in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya. He was credited by many with the Chechen victory in the First Chechen War, which allowed for the de facto establishment of an independent Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Maskhadov became President of the nation in January of 1997 with heavy backup from Moscow. Following the start of the Second Chechen War, he returned to leading the guerrilla movement against the Russian army. He was reported killed in a village in northern Chechnya in March 2005.

Early life

In 1951, Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov was born in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, in the small village of Shakai. This was during the exile of the Chechen people, under Joseph Stalin's orders. In 1957, his family was allowed to return to Chechnya. He joined the Army, training in the neighboring Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, and graduating from the Tbilisi Artillery School in 1972. He graduated from Leningrad's Military Academy in 1981, and he was posted to Hungary with a self-propelled artillery regiment. He served from 1990 as the local commander of Soviet rocket forces and artillery in Vilnius, capital of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. He retired from the Russian Army in 1992 with the rank of a colonel and returned to his native land.

Related Topics:
Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic - Shakai - Chechen people - Joseph Stalin - 1957 - Chechnya - Army - Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic - 1972 - Leningrad - 1981 - Hungary - Self-propelled artillery - 1990 - Vilnius - Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic - 1992 - Colonel

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