Supyan Abdullaev ( Russian: Супьян Абдуллаев; 8 November 1956 – 28 March 2011) was the

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of the

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (; ce, Нохчийн Республик Ичкери, Nóxçiyn Respublik Içkeri; russian: Чеченская Республика Ичкерия; abbreviated as "ChRI" or "CRI") was a ''de facto'' state tha ...

. He was appointed to this position (vacant since the death of

Shamil Basayev Shamil Salmanovich Basayev ( ce, Салман ВоӀ Шамиль ; russian: Шамиль Салманович Басаев; 14 January 1965 – 10 July 2006), also known by his kunya "Abu Idris", was a senior military commander in the Cheche ...

) on 19 March 2007, by the President of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria,

Dokka Umarov Doku Khamatovich Umarov ( ce, Ӏумар Хьамади кӀант Докка, translit='Umar Ẋamadi khant Dokka, ; russian: Доку Хаматович Умаров, Doku Khamatovich Umarov; 13 April 1964 – 7 September 2013), also known as ...

. He was considered the most senior figure after Umarov in the ranks of the

Caucasian 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 Jihadis ...

and a possible successor.What Direction For Chechnya?

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, 8 July 2008 Abdullayev was commander of the Jundullah Brigade, linked to the

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-based wing of the Chechen

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which was close to Basayev. He was primarily a religious figure rather than a military man, alike

Abdul-Halim Sadulayev Abdul-Halim Abusalamovich Sadulayev ( ; Chechen: Сайд-Iелийн Абусаламин кІант Iабдул-Хьалим, ''Sadulin Abusalamin-Kant Abdulhalim''; Russian: Абдул-Халим Αбусаламович Сайдулае ...

Biography

Abdullayev was born in the

Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы) *1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы) , linking_name = the ...

. He was a member of the Chechen ''

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'' of Tsadakharoy. In the late 1980s, he was a member of the Islamic Renaissance Party, established in the

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. After the First Chechen War, Supyan Abdullayev held the rank of

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and the deputy of Islam Khalimov, following Khalimov's appointment to the post of the

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in 1997. Abdullaev left the ministry following the gun battle in Gudermes between the Salafis and the supporters of then-president

Aslan Maskhadov Aslan (Khalid) Aliyevich Maskhadov (russian: Асла́н (Хали́д) Али́евич Масха́дов; ce, Масхадан Али-воӀ Аслан (Халид), Masxadan Ali-voj Aslan (Xalid); 21 September 1951 – 8 March 2005) was ...

on 15 July 1998. In the aftermath, Abdullaeev grew distant from politics and became known as a "second stringer." During 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 ...

, Abdullaev entered the ranks of the resistance in the very beginning, started out as a leader of a ''jamaat'' and eventually became the commander of a front and member of the Maskhadov government, reaching the rank of

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. Even though he was a ''jamaat'' member, he remained loyal to

until the death of the latter. Supyan Abdullayev developed into one of the most senior ranking field commanders of the Caucasus Emirate, and the chief ideologue of the whole movement. He was named as Dokka Umarov's deputy emir.

Death

On 28 March 2011, Abdullaev was killed in a targeted Russian airstrike on a rebel camp in

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References

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