Ilyas (Ilias) Gorchkhanov (1967 – 13 October 2005) was the first leader of the

Ingush Jamaat Vilayat Galgayche (russian: Вилайят Галгайче, Vilayyat Galgayche; inh, Вилаят ГӀалгӀайче, Vilayat Ghalghayche), was an Islamist militant organization connected to numerous attacks against the local and federal sec ...

, which later became part of the Caucasus Front's Ingushetian Sector in Ingushetia of the

Second Chechen War The Second Chechen War (russian: Втора́я чече́нская война́, ) took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from August 1999 ...

. Gorchkhanov, an ethnic Ingush, allegedly started his military career as a volunteer fighting in Chechnya. When the Ingush Jamaat started getting shape, he became the leader of the Nazran unit and was later often cited as the leader of the entire Jamaat. He was closely associated with the Yarmuk Jamaat in

Kabardino-Balkaria The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, ''Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika''; kbd, Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, ''Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublik� ...

and, together with Anzor Astemirov, was one of the first persons wanting to realize the

Caucasus Emirate The Caucasus Emirate ( ce, Имарат Кавказ, Imarat Kavkaz, IK; russian: Кавказский эмират, Kavkazskiy emirat), also known as the Caucasian Emirate, Emirate of Caucasus, or Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus, was a Jihadist ...

during the

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and

s. In October 2005 Gorchkhanov was one of the commanders of the 2005 Nalchik raid, an attack by a large group of militants on Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, during which he was killed in action;Памятные даты Второй русско-чеченской войны (октябрь 2005)
/ref> some media reports dubbed him as the leader of the raid.Russia says rebel assault over; toll tops 100
/ref> After Gorchkhanov's death, Akhmed Yevloyev succeeded him as the leader of the Ingush Jamaat.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gorchkhanov, Anzor 1967 births 2005 deaths Caucasian Front (militant group) Ingush people People of the Chechen wars Russian rebels Leaders of Islamic terror groups