Ruslan Gaplaev

Victim record SAM-1995-V032 · Samashki, Chechnya · First Russian-Chechen War

Original Cyrillic name: Гаплаев Руслан Исаевич — Born: 1975 — Date of death recorded by Memorial: 9 April 1995 — Location: Near Vostochnaya Street, Samashki — Memorial source record: Appendix 3, no. 32 — Case category: Brother fatally wounded by gunfire

Documented circumstances

Ruslan Gaplaev, born in 1975, was one of two brothers whose deaths Memorial documented after gunfire on 8 April 1995 in Samashki.

The report states that Ruslan was struck by sniper fire near the beginning of Vostochnaya Street. He died of his wounds on 9 April. His brother Ramzan, also wounded on 8 April, survived until 10 April.

Appendix 3 identifies the brothers’ mother as the source of testimony and records their deaths in entries 31 and 32. This profile reflects the documented sequence of injuries and deaths, without speculating about military identities or unrecorded family circumstances.

Related documented victims: Ramzan Gaplaev — Ruslan’s brother, died on 10 April.

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 32. 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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