Shirvani Takhaev

Victim record SAM-1995-V076 · Samashki, Chechnya · First Russian-Chechen War

Original Cyrillic: Тахаев Ширвани Харонович — Year of birth: 1959 — Death recorded by Memorial: 8 April 1995 — Location: Vygonnaya Street, Samashki — Memorial Appendix 3: entry 76

Documented circumstances

Shirvani Takhaev, born in 1959, was one of two members of the Takhaev household documented as killed on 8 April 1995 in Samashki.

Memorial records that Shirvani was shot in his courtyard and that his body was burned. The investigator’s appendix lists evidence from his father, sister and neighbours. Rezvan Takhaev, sharing the same patronymic and residential address, was found killed near the gate. The report does not identify the individual soldiers responsible.

Related documented cases (Takhaev household): Rezvan Takhaev. 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. 76; 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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