Khamid Taramov

Staropromyslovski victim record STA-K033 · HRW numbered entry 33

Recorded age: 70 · Date of death / discovery: Night of 21 January; observed 22 January · Place: Shefskaya Street, Grozny · Evidence status: Body viewed from distance in courtyard

Documented circumstances

Khamid Taramov was an elderly pensioner whose home was on Shefskaya Street. Two witnesses approached the property through neighbouring backyards on 22 January and reported seeing four or five men’s bodies in the courtyard. They identified Khamid among the dead, together with Idris Uspayev, Mussa Guchigov and Saidi.

Limits of the evidence

The witnesses were too afraid to approach closely, so the source’s individual identifications and manner of death depend on their observations from a distance. No shooter was identified.

This memorial is based on the original Human Rights Watch witness investigation and its separately numbered list of 38 reported victims. It is not an independent criminal judgment. Where the source relies on a body discovery or secondhand report rather than an eyewitness to the shooting, that distinction is preserved. Missing surnames and photographs are not invented.

Other linked victims of this episode

Idris Uspayev · Mussa Guchigov · Saidi (surname unrecorded)

Sources and archive

HRW, Civilian Killings in Staropromyslovski District of Grozny (February 2000) · HRW, letter of 10 February 2000 — numbered list of 38, entry 33.

38-person name register and six disappearances · Historical dossier