Sazhid Dadaev

Victim record SAM-1995-V034 · Samashki, Chechnya · First Russian-Chechen War

Original Cyrillic: Дадаев Сажид Мусаевич — Year of birth: 1958 — Date of death in Memorial: 7 April 1995 — Location: Stepnaya Street, Samashki — Memorial Appendix 3: entry 34

Documented circumstances

Memorial’s investigation lists Sazhid Dadaev among the residents killed during the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs operation on 7 April 1995.

The register states that at about 16:00 he was taken out of a cellar into the courtyard of his home, subjected to abuse that included pulling out his hair, and then shot. The entry relies on family and relative testimony and also cites the burial list and a death certificate. This description reflects Memorial’s field investigation and is not a finding of personal criminal responsibility by a court.

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. 34; compare the relevant discussion in sections 9.1–9.2 of the report. The account is based on testimonies and supporting records described by the investigators.

Editorial qualification

This is a source-based memorial entry, not a judicial finding or an independent criminal investigation. Statements about the soldiers’ conduct are attributed to Memorial’s witnesses; a particular individual perpetrator has not been established here. English transliterations are editorial, and a precise birth date is not available. Witnesses’ private addresses have not been reproduced.

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