Rezvan Khuseynov
Victim record SAM-1995-V087 · Samashki, Chechnya · First Russian-Chechen War
Original Cyrillic name: Хусейнов Резван Сулейманович — Born: 1979 — Date of death recorded by Memorial: 8 April 1995 — Location: Family courtyard, Samashki — Memorial source record: Appendix 3, no. 87 — Case category: Child shot from military vehicles
Documented circumstances
Rezvan Khuseynov was 16 years old when he was killed on 8 April 1995, according to Memorial’s investigation. His full name is recorded as Rezvan Suleymanovich Khuseynov.
At around 10 a.m., Rezvan was in the family courtyard watering cattle. The report states that he was shot by gunfire from tanks passing along the street. The village register and the broader narrative describe several residents shot from passing armoured vehicles during the operation.
Appendix 3 identifies testimony from his mother and a relative, together with a funeral list and death-certificate reference. These are source-attributed findings of the independent human-rights investigation, not a court judgment identifying the particular shooter.
Related documented victims: Ruslan Makhmudov — 15-year-old victim of the preceding day’s shelling · Alvi Amirkhanov — 17-year-old victim of the preceding day’s shelling.
Sources and verification
Primary record: Memorial Human Rights Center, “By All Available Means… Operation of the Russian Interior Ministry in Samashki, 7–8 April 1995” (Russian, 1995), Appendix 3, entry 87. The narrative passages in the report are used only when they refer to this person or incident.
Further context: ICRC casebook — Operation Samashki (based on the Memorial investigation). The ICRC educational casebook is not an independent criminal verdict.
Editorial note: This page records a death and circumstances documented in Memorial’s investigative report. It does not independently establish the personal guilt of a named soldier. English Romanization is editorial; the original Cyrillic name governs. The birth year alone does not establish a precise age unless the source explicitly provides one. No verified portrait of this person has yet been added.
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