Yamadayev (Feminine: Yamadayeva), also spelled Yamadaev or Yamadaeva, is a
Chechen surname
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...
, most famously attributed to the Yamadayev brothers, six brothers from the
teip
A ''teip'' (also ''taip'', ''tayp'', ''teyp''; Chechen language, Chechen and Ingush language, Ingush: тайпа, romanized: ''taypa'' , ''family'', ''kin'', ''clan'', ''tribe''Нохчийн-Оьрсийн словарь (Chechen-Russian Dict ...
Benoy, participants in the
First Chechen War
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on the side of the separatists and the
Second Chechen War
Names
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on the side of the federal troops:
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Ruslan Yamadayev
Ruslan (Khalid or Halid) Bekmirzayevich Yamadayev () (10 December 1961 – 24 September 2008) was a Chechen military leader and politician. A member of the high-profile Yamadayev family, he was assassinated in Moscow in 2008. He was one of Kre ...
(1961–2008) - colonel of the
Russian army
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The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, ...
, deputy of the
State Duma
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,
Hero of Russia
Hero of the Russian Federation ( rus, Герой Российской Федерации, p=ɡʲɪˈroj rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨɪ), also unofficially called Hero of Russia ( rus, Герой России, p=ɡʲɪˈroj rɐˈsʲiɪ), is ...
.
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Musa Yamadayev (1968–) - former officer of the
Special Battalion Vostok
Special Battalions '"Vostok" and "Zapad"(, lit. "East" and "West") were two spetsnaz units of the GRU, the military intelligence agency of Russia, based in Chechnya. The overwhelming majority of the personnel were ethnic Chechens, while the com ...
, led by his brother Sulim and disbanded in November 2008.
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Dzhabrail Yamadayev
Dzhabrail Bekmirzayevich Yamadayev (16 June 1970 – 5 March 2003) was a Chechen rebel field commander during the First Chechen War. He switched sides together with his brothers, Ruslan and Sulim in 1999 during the outbreak of the Second Che ...
(1970–2003) - lieutenant of the Russian army in the Vostok battalion, Hero of Russia.
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Sulim Yamadayev
Suleiman Bekmirzayevich Yamadayev (; 21 June 1973 – 30 March 2009), or simply Sulim Yamadayev (), was a Chechen military commander. The fourth of six Yamadayev brothers, he fought for the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria during the First Cheche ...
(1973–2009) - lieutenant colonel of the Russian army, former commander of Vostok battalion, Hero of Russia.
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Isa Yamadayev (1975–) - entrepreneur, founder of the construction company Yamad. Member of
Parliament of the Chechen Republic
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The modern Chechen parliament was established in 2003 after the Constitut ...
of the first convocation.
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Badrudi Yamadayev (1977–) - master of sports in boxing, former member of the Vostok battalion.
{{surname, Yamadayev (Yamadayeva), Yamadaev (Yamadaeva)
Chechen-language surnames
Military families