Dalkhan Khozhaev

Dalkhan Abdulazizovich Khozhaev was a Chechen historian, field commander, brigadier general and author with numerous works on the centuries-old confrontation between Chechnya and Russia, as well as the Chechen War. He commanded a special brigade and was loyal to Ruslan Gelayev.

Early life

Dalkhan Khozhaev was born on 18 April 1961 in Grozny into the Chechen teip of Benoy. Dalkhan's father Abdul-Aziz Khozhaev was a commercial worker and his mother Zura Bibulatova was a Chechen and Russian language teacher. Both of his parents came from Novye Atagi. In 1983 he graduated from the faculty of History of the Chechen-Ingush State University.
Between 1985 - 1991, he was a methodologist of the station of young tourists, as well as a researcher at the Chechen-Ingush Republican Regional Museum.

Works

He was the author of works on the history of the national liberation movement of Chechnya in the 19th century. As well as the Head of the Archives Department, which was later destroyed. Since 1994 he was a member of the Cabinet of Ministers and as well as the State Defense Council of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Death

On the night of 26 July 2000 in the village of Valerik, Khozhaev was shot dead by a sniper while staying the night with some relatives in a private household. The Russian military was blamed for the killing, but denied their involvement in his death. The federal forces believed that Arbi Barayev, a longtime enemy of Ruslan Gelayev, was involved in the killing. Possibly due to Dalkhan's loyalty to Ruslan Gelayev.