Mussa Guchigov

Staropromyslovski victim record STA-K035 · HRW numbered entry 35

Recorded age: Approximately 48 · 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

Mussa Guchigov was identified among the men found dead at Khamid Taramov’s home on Shefskaya Street. Two witnesses glimpsed the bodies from adjoining yards on 22 January. They identified Guchigov along with Khamid Taramov, Idris Uspayev and Saidi.

Limits of the evidence

The detailed report gives about 48 years and an earlier passage reports Musa Gutsigov as 38. These spellings and ages conflict and require independent reconciliation. The memorial follows the numbered letter while recording the discrepancy.

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

Khamid Taramov · Idris Uspayev · 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 35.

38-person name register and six disappearances · Historical dossier