Saypi Surkhashev

Victim record SAM-1995-V073 · Samashki, Chechnya · First Russian-Chechen War

Original Cyrillic: Сурхашев Сайпи Баширович — Year of birth: 1928 — Death recorded by Memorial: 8 April 1995 — Location: Kooperativnaya Street, Samashki — Memorial Appendix 3: entry 73

Documented circumstances

Saypi Surkhashev, born in 1928, was paralysed and unable to leave his home on Kooperativnaya Street without assistance. During the military operation on 8 April 1995 the house was set on fire.

Memorial recorded Saypi’s death and referred to hospital documentation describing extensive third- and fourth-degree burns. His brother Said-Khasan reportedly attempted to rescue him from the house and was shot in the courtyard. The investigation considered it likely that Saypi died in the burning building, while the precise sequence of his final moments remained uncertain. This distinction is retained here.

Related documented cases (Surkhashev brothers): Said-Khasan Surkhashev. 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. 73; 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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