The Akhmadov brothers (russian: Братья Ахмадовы) were Chechen generals who took part in the war in Chechnya. The Akhmadov brothers (Uvais, Ruslan, Rizvan, Apti, Abu, Ramzan, Imran, Tagir and Zelimkhan) controlled their home city of

Urus-Martan Urus-Martan (russian: Уру́с-Марта́н; ce, Хьалха-Марта, ''Ẋalxa-Marta'' or , ''Martanthi'') is a town and the administrative center of Urus-Martanovsky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia, located on the Martan River. ...

during the late 1990s. Law enforcement bodies had asserted that all the nine brothers took an active part in combat operations against federal forces in Chechnya.

Akhmadov Brothers

The Akhmadov family was from

teip Teips (also taip, teyp; Nakh тайпа ''taypa'' : ''family, kin, clan, tribe''Нохчийн-Оьрсийн словарь (Chechen-Russian Dictionary, A.G. Matsiyev, Moscow, 1961), ''also available online:'Чеченско-Русский сл� ...

Gendargenoy Gendargenoy ( ce, Gendargenoy, Гендаргеной) is a Chechen teip (clan). Its center is the village of . There is a hypothesis that it originated from the historic area in Chechen Republic called . Notable people * Alu Alkhanov ...

.В Чечне обнаружен труп главаря одной из банд боевиков Зелимхана Ахмадова, 1975 года рождения (кличка «Зема»).
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Echo of Moscow Echo of Moscow (russian: links=no, Эхо Москвы, translit=Ekho Moskvy) was a 24/7 commercial Russian radio station based in Moscow. It broadcast in many Russian cities, some of the former Soviet republics (through partnerships with local r ...

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Коммерсантъ ''Kommersant'' (russian: Коммерсантъ, , ''The Businessman'' or Commerce Man, often shortened to Ъ) is a nationally distributed daily newspaper published in Russia mostly devoted to politics and business. The TNS Media and NRS Russia ...

», №190 от 11 October 2011. Khuta and Abu Akhmadov died in 1999. Apti and Ramzan died in 2000 and 2001 respectively whilst, most recently Rizvan and

Zelimkhan Zelimkhan "Kharachoevsky" Gushmazukayev (January 1872; Kharachoy, Terek Oblast, Russian Empire – 26 September 1913; Shali, Russian Empire) ( ce, Харачойн Зеламха, ''Kharachoyn Zelamkha'') and better known simply as Zelimkhan, w ...

died in 2002.

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{{reflist Chechen people Chechen warlords People of the Chechen wars Gendargenoy