Lida Taimaskhanov
Staropromyslovski victim record STA-K002 · Human Rights Watch letter no. 2 · Incident group: Khashiev–Taimaskhanov family
Age recorded: 55 · Reported death / discovery: Between 21 and 25 January 2000 · Location: Family house, Staropromyslovski district, Grozny · Evidence classification: Body found 25 January; relatives examined wounds
Documented circumstances
Lida was seen alive with sixteen-year-old Anzor in the Staropromyslovski district shortly before their bodies were found on 25 January 2000, alongside Adlan Akayev. Relatives observed gunshot and other injuries, and identity papers were recovered near the bodies. Human Rights Watch called her Lida Taimaskhanova and described her as Khamid Khashiev’s wife. The subsequent Khashiyev and Akayeva judgment describes Lidiya Khashiyeva as the sister of Magomed Khashiyev, mother of Anzor and Rizvan Taymeskhanov. The report and judgment thus differ on the recorded spousal or sibling relationship; we preserve both statements without choosing an undocumented reconciliation.
Verification and unresolved questions
The numbered HRW letter gives Lida Taimaskhanov, while the narrative gives Lida Taimaskhanova. Her husband’s name appears as Khashiev or Khasiev in different passages. HRW did not witness the killing itself.
Judicial follow-up (24 February 2005): The Khashiyev and Akayeva judgment treats the death of Lidiya Khashiyeva, also known in HRW as Lida Taimaskhanova, as attributable to Russian State agents under Article 2 and finds the official investigation ineffective (§§ 14, 140–166). The judgment records her as a sister of Magomed Khashiyev, differing from HRW’s description of Lida as Khamid’s wife; this is a documented identity/kinship discrepancy, not a resolved genealogy. Cross-reference.
The account reflects Human Rights Watch’s contemporary interviews and the numbered list issued in February 2000. Unless independently judicially established, the identification of an individual soldier as perpetrator is not asserted here. Source variants are preserved. Pseudonyms used to protect living witnesses have not been reverse-identified. No unverified photographs are reproduced.
Related recorded victims
Anzor Taimaskhanov · Adlan Akayev
Sources
Human Rights Watch, Civilian Killings in Staropromyslovski District of Grozny (February 2000) · HRW, Open letter dated 10 February 2000 (38 numbered names), record 2.
