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.

See also

• Chechnya
• First Chechen War
• Second Chechen War