serviceyears commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date nickname rank image article_title name
1992 -lrb- chechnya -rrb- -- 1993 -lrb- abkhazia -rrb- 1993 -- 2004 '' -rrb- sharia guard borz '' -lrb- `` gelayev 's spetsnaz '' near bezhta , republic of dagestan , russian federation 2004 komsomolskoye soviet socialist republic , soviet union -lrb- saadi-kotar -rrb- , chechen -- ingush autonomous soviet union republic of abkhazia chechen republic of ichkeria kioman syi -lrb- 1995 -rrb- georgian war -- abkhazian conflict first chechen war second chechen 1964 black angel brigadier general -lrb- demoted in 2000 -rrb- gelayev.jpg ruslan gelayev
 hamzat gelayev -lrb- Хамзат Гелаев -rrb-
ruslan gelayev

ruslan -lrb- hamzat -rrb- gelayev -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 1964 -- february 28 , 2004 -rrb- was a prominent commander in the chechen separatist movement against russia , in which he played a significant , yet controversial , military and political role in the 1990s and early 2000s .
gelayev was commonly viewed as an `` abrek '' and a well-respected , ruthless fighter .
his operations spread well beyond the borders of chechnya and even outside the russian federation and into georgia .
he was killed while leading a raid into the russian republic of dagestan in 2004 .
