Said-Khasan Mazuev

Victim record SAM-1995-V052 · Samashki, Chechnya · First Russian-Chechen War

Original Cyrillic: Мазуев Саид-Хасан Хатуевич — Year of birth: 1947 — Death recorded by Memorial: 8 April 1995 — Location: Kooperativnaya Street, Samashki — Memorial Appendix 3: entry 52

Documented circumstances

Said-Khasan Mazuev was recorded as a resident of Kooperativnaya Street who was killed on 8 April 1995 during the Russian military operation.

According to Memorial, the house was set on fire and Mazuev emerged from the cellar; he was then shot. The appendix names his son and daughter-in-law as sources and also cites burial and village-administration lists. It does not provide a criminally adjudicated identification of the shooter.

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. 52; 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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