Salman Raduyev

Salman Raduyev

Salman Betyrovich Raduyev (or Raduev; Russian: Салма́н Бетырович Раду́ев; 13 February 1967 – 14 December 2002) was a Chechen militant and separatist field commander, from 1994 to 1999, who masterminded and was responsible for the Kizlyar hostage taking raid. His activities, in his role as a commander, made him "Russia's second most wanted man." Georgi Derluguian also called him "the enfant terrible" of Chechen resistance due to his eccentric behavior outside his military career: he wore a uniform decorated by what he claimed to be the insignia of Genghis Khan, a black military beret like that of Saddam Hussein, an Arab keffiyeh around his neck and aviator sunglasses to hide his face which had been heavily reconstructed after multiple surgeries due to the injuries he sustained as a militant. Radyev was arrested in 2000 and died in the Russian penal colony White Swan in 2002, under mysterious circumstances. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Salman Raduyev is the 1,977th most popular military personnel (down from 1,935th in 2024). (down from 4,474th in 2019)