Said-Khasan Surkhashev

Victim record SAM-1995-V072 · Samashki, Chechnya · First Russian-Chechen War

Original Cyrillic: Сурхашев Саид-Хасан Баширович — Year of birth: 1926 — Death recorded by Memorial: 8 April 1995 — Location: Kooperativnaya Street, Samashki — Memorial Appendix 3: entry 72

Documented circumstances

Said-Khasan Surkhashev, born in 1926, lived on Kooperativnaya Street. His brother Saypi was paralysed and remained inside the family home when it caught fire during the 8 April operation.

Memorial records that Said-Khasan tried to carry his brother out of the burning building and was shot in the courtyard. His son gave testimony, and investigators also consulted the funeral and hospital lists. Memorial separately recorded the death of Saypi, who sustained severe burns. The cases are directly linked as a family tragedy.

Related documented cases (Surkhashev brothers): Saypi Surkhashev. These links connect records by documented place or family relationship, without implying unrecorded kinship or personal criminal guilt.

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. 72; 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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