Dzhabrail Yamadayev
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Gudermes, Chechen-Ingush ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR
Dyshne-Vedeno, Chechnya
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Russia (1999–2003)
GRUDzhabrail Bekmirzayevich Yamadaev | |
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 Yamadayev posing with a handgun | |
| Born | 16 June 1970 Gudermes, Chechen-Ingush ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Died | 5 March 2003 (aged 32) Dyshne-Vedeno, Chechnya |
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| Service | GRU |
| Rank | Brigadier general (Ichkeria) |
| Commands | Special Company Vostok |
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| Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation |
Dzhabrail Bekmirzayevich Yamadayev (16 June 1970 – 5 March 2003) was a Chechen rebel field commander during the First Chechen War. He switched sides together with his brothers, Ruslan and Sulim in 1999 during the outbreak of the Second Chechen War and then became the commander of the Russian special forces unit Vostok. Yamadayev was assassinated by a bomb blast in March 2003.
During the First Chechen War the five Yamadayev brothers fought against the Russian troops and enjoyed great influence as field commanders. Dzhabrail held the rank of brigadier general in the separatist forces of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.[1]
When the second war in Chechnya broke out in 1999, the Yamadayevs (including Dzhabrail, Sulim and Ruslan) voluntarily defected to Moscow's side. Since then, Dzhabrail became a prominent supporter of Akhmad Kadyrov, leading an elite special force with a core of several dozen former National Guards of ChRI, then a company-sized local special unit directly answerable to the General Staff of the Russian Army.
He also held the position of deputy military commandant of Chechnya. The guerrillas nicknamed him "Dzhaba", meaning "bullfrog" in Russian.