Dugurkhan Archakova
Staropromyslovski archive ID STA-K017 · Human Rights Watch original list no. 17 · Reported civilian victim
Recorded age: 56 · Reported death or discovery: 28 December 1999 · Place: Ivanova settlement, Staropromyslovski district · Evidence status: Burned remains found and identified by family
What the sources document
Dugurkhan Archakova returned home with her daughter Aishat on 28 December. Their son and brother, identified by Human Rights Watch under the pseudonym Issa A., said neighbours had observed soldiers entering the house before automatic gunfire and a fire. The next morning the family found charred remains inside the house; the witness reported recognizing Dugurkhan by her two remaining front teeth. The remains were later buried at Nazran.
Limitations and editorial verification
The witness’s true identity is withheld by HRW and is not inferred. While the account links soldiers to the house and gunfire, the report does not identify the individual who fired the fatal shots.
This is a memorial record grounded in contemporaneous human-rights witness testimony. It is not an independent criminal verdict. Dates, English spellings, witness protection and unrecovered bodies are treated according to the original sources. No portrait is presented without verified identification and reproduction rights.
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Primary sources
Human Rights Watch, Civilian Killings in Staropromyslovski District of Grozny (February 2000); HRW open letter to Vladimir Putin, numbered list of 38 victims (10 February 2000), entry 17.
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