Ramzan Akhmadov was born on 3 February 1970 in
Urus-Martan, in south-western
Chechnya. He was the seventh of nine
Akhmadov brothers from the
Ghendargnoy teip. In the
Georgian-Abkhazian war of 1992-1993 Akhmadov fought against
Georgia as a volunteer under the command of Shamil Basayev. After returning to Chechnya, he formed the
Urus-Martanovsky Jamaat, an Islamist organisation, which took over the
Urus-Martanovsky District a few years later, ousting the mayor of Urus-Martan and the district
qadi. At the beginning of the
First Chechen war, Ramzan took part in the fighting in
Grozny, the capital of the
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Ramzan Akhmadov was a participant in many battles. Before every military operation, he conducted a thorough reconnaissance to keep his fighters safe. He always went into battle ahead of everyone else and was wounded many times. It is reported that after Ramzan organised an attack on a Russian army checkpoint and completely destroyed it, President
Dzhokhar Dudayev invited him and presented him with his pistol and awards. He participated in major battles in
Argun and
Shatoy before being killed by Russian special forces in February 2001. ==References==