Shaykh Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov - Shaheed of Chechnya

Shaykh Aslan Aliyevich Maskhadov was a leader of the separatist movement in the southern Russian republic of Chechnya. He was credited by many with the Chechen victory in the First Chechen War, which allowed for the establishment of the de facto independent Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Maskhadov became President of the nation in January of 1997 with heavy backup from Moscow. Following the start of the Second Chechen War, he returned to leading the guerrilla movement against the Russian army. He was killed in a village in northern Chechnya in March 2005. May Allah grant jannah to this great warrior. amin. Long live Chechnya, long live the Muslim Ummah.