Vakha Arsanov: biography and photos

Vakha Arsanov is an active participant of the Chechen conflict in the period from 1990 to 2000. Vakha acted as a high-ranking leader of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. In addition to the leadership position, the leader actively contributed to the formation and selection of the population in the National Guard of Ichkeria and for a long time served as the vice-president of CRI.

Vakha Arsanov: biography

The future leader of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria was born in 1950 in the western region of Botlikh district of the Dagestan ASSR. At school the boy showed success and enjoyed authority among peers. After graduation, Vakha Arsanov worked as a chauffeur for a short while. Then a few years later he moved back to his homeland and worked in the local traffic police department. Thanks to dedication to work and aspiration, the guy was promoted to the rank of captain of the militia.

Approaching the year 1992, and the day before, in the autumn of 1991, Vakha agreed with the actions of the congress during the confrontation between the republican authorities and the National Congress of the Chechen people. During the reign of Dzhokhar Dudaev, Vakha becomes a people's deputy of the Chechen parliament. In combination with the main activities, the man was the head of the special committee for control over the sale and purchase of petroleum products.

Events of the Second Chechen War

According to the information received, shortly before the start of the operations of militants in Dagestan, in the summer of 1999, Arsanov Vakh refrained from conducting military operations. Moreover, it became known that the Vice-President of the Republic of Ichkeria left the territory of Chechnya and went to Georgia. His departure was associated with the necessary treatment of the injured spine. However, after some time, despite his open conflict with the head of the CRI, Aslan Maskhadov, Vakha played a role in military operations against the United Group of Forces of the Russian Federation.

Since the vice-president of the said Republic of Ichkeria did not publicize his direct interference in military operations, the Chechen foreign minister Usman Ferzauli in the fall of 1999 officially declared that Arsanov was hiding from the war that had started and was relieved of his direct duties. In 2004, Vakha Arsanov stopped any talk with the press and for a long time was hiding in safe houses in Grozny.

Fighting

During the first military operations in the territory of the CRI, Vakha Arsanov was elected commander of the north-western front of the armed forces of Ichkeria, and later received the post of commandant of the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny. The man showed himself as a responsible, wise and judicious commander. During his tenure in the post of commander of the named Republic of Ichkeria, Arsanov Vakha reached considerable heights.

In the period from winter 1994 to spring 1995, Arsanov carried out several important and successful military operations, commanding a detachment of militants. One of such victories is the defeat of the formation of the Russian army near the village of Dolinskaya, which is located near Grozny. Vakha Arsanov also acted as the head of military operations for the defense of a small village of Petropavlovsk in the area of Goragorsk and during the capture of Argun. In the storming of Grozny, in August 1996, he took an active part.

The death of Arsanov

With the rise to power of Aslan Maskhadov, the leader of Chechnya became a candidate for the post of vice-president of the republic, after which he successfully received this post. According to unofficial data, Arsanov Vakha took an active part in abductions of people in order to further demand ransom. Most often such people were journalists NTV and ORT, workers from Slovakia, as well as Italian businessmen. During the operation in the village of Ivanovo in the Staropromyslovsky district of the Chechen Republic, in May 2005, he was killed by Russian troops. At this time, there are two versions of what happened, the first tells us that Vakha was killed in a special operation of Russian troops, and the second indicates a pre-prepared counter-terrorism event. The purpose of such an event was to capture a field commander. It was also reported about the operational surveillance, arranged behind the place where the militants were supposed to hide.

As they say, Vakha did his job, Vakha Arsanov can die.