Larisa Zubayeva

Staropromyslovski archive ID STA-K031 · Human Rights Watch original list no. 31 · Reported civilian victim

Recorded age: 12 · Reported death or discovery: Night of 20 January 2000; discovered 21 January · Place: Zubayev family courtyard, Grozny · Evidence status: Body directly observed by two neighbours

What the sources document

Larisa Zubayeva, aged twelve, was the daughter of Ruslan and Luiza Zubayev. Two local residents interviewed by Human Rights Watch found her body in the courtyard of the family’s house on 21 January. Her parents and six other members of the household were among those found dead, following soldiers’ entry into the neighbourhood.

Limitations and editorial verification

The witnesses documented the bodies and circumstances in the courtyard but did not themselves observe the exact moment each family member was shot.

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.

Related victims from the same incident

Alina Zubayeva · Eliza Zubayeva

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 31.

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