Rizvan Chitigov

Rizvan Chitigov (Amerikanets, Marine, 22 April 1964 – 23 March 2005) was a prominent Chechen rebel field commander in Shalinsky District of the Chechen Republic (Russia) until his death on 23 March 2005.[1][2]

Rizvan Chitigov
(Russian: Ризван Читигов)
Nickname(s)Amerikanets, Marine
Born(1964-04-22)22 April 1964
Shali, Chechnya
Died23 March 2005(2005-03-23) (aged 40)
Shali, Chechnya
Allegiance Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus
Years of service1982-2005
RankBrigadier General
Commands heldMarine Corps
Battles/warsFirst Chechen War
Second Chechen War

Biography

Chitigov served in the Soviet Army as a tank commander. Until the late 1980s, Rezvan Chitigov was employed as a firefighter at the local district fire department.[3]

In the early 1990s, Chitigov lived the United States. Upon his return to Chechnya, he oversaw military intelligence in the Chechen separatist government of Aslan Maskhadov. The Russian FSB suspected that Chitigov had been maintaining ties with foreign intelligence services and was himself a CIA agent.[4]

During the First Chechen War, he became the commander of the only tank unit of the Chechen fighters and gained notoriety for his extreme brutality.[5]

Chitigov was killed on 23 March 2005 in Chechnya in the Shali district center. According to the Russian state agency RIA Novosti, Chitigov previously served in the Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus and was "planning to use chemical and bacteriological weapons against federal forces".[2]

References
  1. Chechen resistance crackdown succeeds again
  2. Novosti, Ria. "WARLORD KILLED IN CHECHNYA WAS EX-U.S. MARINE". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  3. "В Чечне уничтожен террорист номер три". Коммерсантъ (in Russian). 2005-03-24. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  4. "SEVERAL MAJOR REBEL COMMANDERS REPORTEDLY KILLED". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-08-18.
  5. "ФСБ убила американского химика". Газета.Ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.


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