Rezvan Takhaev

Victim record SAM-1995-V075 · Samashki, Chechnya · First Russian-Chechen War

Original Cyrillic: Тахаев Резван Харонович — Year of birth: 1961 — Death recorded by Memorial: 8 April 1995 — Location: Vygonnaya Street, Samashki — Memorial Appendix 3: entry 75

Documented circumstances

Rezvan Takhaev, born in 1961, lived on Vygonnaya Street in Samashki. Memorial registered his death on 8 April 1995.

According to the report, his body was found near the gate of his home with gunshot wounds and signs of having been run over by an armoured personnel carrier. The appendix lists testimony from his father, sister and neighbours and a corresponding hospital record. Shirvani Takhaev, of the same household and paternal name, was killed that day as well.

Related documented cases (Takhaev household): Shirvani Takhaev. These links connect people recorded at the same place or among the same family, without adding unverified personal details.

Primary evidence

Memorial Human Rights Centre, “By All Available Means… The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs operation in Samashki” (1995, Russian PDF), Appendix 3, victim no. 75; see the relevant discussion in sections 9.1–9.2. Memorial’s evidence includes eyewitness accounts and supporting records.

Editorial qualification

This memorial entry summarises an independent human-rights investigation. It is not a criminal conviction or an independent judicial determination of the identity of a shooter. Names are transliterated editorially; the Cyrillic recorded by Memorial remains the source spelling. No unverifiable photographs or biographical details have been added.

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