Sulim Yamadayev
| Suleiman (Sulim) Bekmirzayevich Yamadayev | |
|---|---|
| Born |
21 June 1973 Benoy village, Nozhay-Yurtovsky District, Chechen-Ingush ASSR, USSR |
| Died | 30 March 2009 (aged 35) Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Allegiance |
 Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Russia (1999 - 2009) |
| Service/branch |
 GRU (direct subordination) |
| Years of service | 1999–2008 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Commands held | Special Battalion Vostok |
| Battles/wars |
First Chechen War (separatist side) Second Chechen War 2008 South Ossetia War |
| Awards | Hero of the Russian Federation |
Sulim Bekmirzayevich Yamadayev (Russian: Сули́м Бекмирза́евич Ямада́ев; 21 June 1973 – 30 March 2009) was a Chechen rebel commander from the First Chechen War who had switched sides together with his brothers Dzhabrail, Badrudi, Isa and Ruslan in 1999 during the outbreak of the Second Chechen War. He was de facto commander of the Russian military Special Battalion Vostok unit belonging to the GRU. As such, until 2008, he was officially in command of the biggest pro-Moscow militia outside the control of the current Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov. From 1 to 22 August August 2008 Yamadayev was wanted in Russia on a federal warrant. Nevertheless, he served as one of the Russian military commanders in Russia's war with Georgia during the same period.
On 5 March 2003, Sulim's brother Dzhabrail Yamadayev was assassinated by a bomb. On 24 September 2008 Sulim's brother, Ruslan Yamadayev, was shot dead on Smolenskaya Embankment in Moscow. Initial press responses reported name of the victim as Sulim Yamadayev; the name was corrected later. Sulim Yamadayev was shot in Dubai on 28 March 2009, and died in hospital on 30 March 2009.
Yamadayev studied business in Moscow before returning to Chechnya. He once said that his dream was to become a fighter and that during a time he decided to go to Afghanistan to train. Yamadayev's political interests were tightly tied with those of his teip (clan) Benoi, which has long-standing claims to the town of Gudermes. Under the Chechen president Aslan Maskhadov, he served as a field commander and commanded a special forces detachment which routed a radical Wahhabi militia at Gudermes in 1998.
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