Zelimkhan Akhmadov

{{Short description|Chechen general and commander (1975–2002)}}

{{Infobox military person

|name = Zelimkhan Akhmadov

|image = Zelimkhan Akhmadov.jpg

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1975|09|24|df=y}}

|death_date = {{death date and age|2002|09|14|1975|09|24|df=y}}

|birth_place = Urus-Martan, Checheno-Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union

|death_place = Chechen–Aul, Chechnya

|placeofburial =

| spouse = 2

| children = 2

|placeofburial_label =

|nickname = Executioner

|allegiance = Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

|branch = Chechen National Guard

|serviceyears =

|rank = Brigadier general

|unit =

|commands = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.svg}} Urus-Martan sector

{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Caucasian Front.png}} {{interlanguage link|Islamic brigade|ru|Исламская бригада}}

|battles = First Chechen War
War of Dagestan
Second Chechen War

|awards = {{flagicon|Chechen Republic of Ichkeria}} Honor of the Nation

|relations = Brothers, Rizvan Akhmadov, Ramzan Akhmadov, Huta Akhmadov

|laterwork =

}}Zelimkhan Adlanovich Akhmadov ({{langx|ru|Зелимхан Адланович Ахмадов}}; 24 September 1975 – 14 September 2002) was a Chechen militant leader who was the commander of the Grozny and Urus-Martan sectors during the Second Chechen War, taking part in the killing of hundreds of Russian soldiers and Chechen collaborators. Кровавый террор. — Москва: Олма-пресс, 2001. — С. 194—246. — 317 с. — {{ISBN| 5-224-01412-3}}. Кровавый террор. — Москва: Олма-пресс, 2001. — С. 194—246. — 317 с. — {{ISBN| 5-224-01412-3}}.Неоконченная война: история вооруженного конфликта в Чечне. — Москва: Харвест, 2002. — С. 98–528. — 671 с. — {{ISBN|978-985-13-1454-2}} He is accused of perpetrating the ambush against OMON members in Grozny which killed 17 members and injured five more.{{cite web|url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=200204180001|title=GTD ID|work=Global Terrorism Database|accessdate=2024-04-15}}

Akhmadov was blown up in a booby-trapped car on 14 September 2002 in retaliation for the killing of 18 members of the pro-Russian Chechen OMON.{{Cite web |date=2002-09-21 |title=Чечня избавилась от Земы|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/342151|access-date=2023-09-11 |website=kommersant.ru|language=ru}}{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=В Турции полиция освободила Увайса Ахмадова|url=https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/194132/|access-date=2023-09-11 |website= kavkaz-uzel.eu|language=ru}}