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Zelimkhan Akhmadov (Chechen: Ахьмадан Ӏаданани КӀант Зеламха (1975 – 2002) – was a Chechen general and commander of the Grozny front during the second Chechen war.
Biography
Zelimkhan Akhmadov was born in 1975 in Taldy-Kurgan region of Kazakhstan in a family of deported Chechens.
In 1990, his family returned to Chechnya and settled in the city of Urus-Martan.
In 1994, when the first Chechen war began, Zelimkhan joined the Chechen fighters and fought in the mountains of Urus-Martan district.
After the end of the First Chechen war Zelimkhan and his brothers took control of the city of Urus-Martan.
In the second Chechen war, after the death of his brother Ramzan, he led the Grozny front, where he conducted military operations against Russian troops and their allies.
Died in 2002.
