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Dzhabrail Yamadayev was a former Chechen rebel field commander and then the commander of Chechen Spetznaz unit. Spetsnaz soldier training Spetsnaz (Войска специального назначения - спецназ/Voiska spetsialnogo naznacheniya - spetsnaz, /Specnaz/ in SAMPA) is a general term...
Dzhabrail Yamadayev was one of Chechnya's best-known and influential figures. During the First Chechen War the Yamadayev brothers fought against the Russian troops and enjoyed great influence as field commanders, but changed sides in 1999. He was the first commander of the ethnic Chechen Vostok battalion of the Russian Army special forces. Chechen Republic (IPA: ; Russian: , Chechenskaya Respublika; Chechen: , Noxçiyn Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (; Russian: ; Chechen: , Noxçiyçö), sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Noxçiyn, is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). ...
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1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
On March 5, 2003, Dzhabrail Yamadayev was killed in his own house in the village of Dyshne-Vedeno by a bomb planted under a couch that he slept on. The explosive device was so powerful that the house was almost completely destroyed. President Vladimir Putin awarded Dzhabrail a posthumous Hero of the Russian Federation medal, and his brother took over the unit. March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (65th in leap years). ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Obverse of the Gold Star medal Hero of the Russian Federation (Russian: ) is the highest honorary title that can be bestowed on a citizen by the Russian Federation. ...
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