Said Buryatsky

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Said Buryatsky
Born	February 10, 1982 Ulan-Ude, Buryatia
Died	March 2, 2010 Ekazhevo, Ingushetia
Allegiance	Caucasus Emirate
Commands held	Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs
Battles/wars	Insurgency in the North Caucasus

Said Buryatsky aka Buryatyali (February 10, 1982 – March 2, 2010) was an Islamist militant leader in the Russian North Caucasus. Buryatsky had been among the most-wanted men in Russia, and he was considered an ideologue leader of the Islamist rebels in Chechnya and southern Russia.^[1] He was known in the region as a Russian counterpart of Osama bin Laden.^[1] Buryatsky had been identified in YouTube videos, wearing camouflage while preaching radical Islam with an assault rifle.^[1]

Buryatsky, whose birth name was Alexander Alexandrovitch Tikhomirov,^[2] was born February 10, 1982 in Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia. His father was a Buryat Buddhist, and his mother was a Russian Christian.^[3] He reportedly converted to Islam at the age of 15. He studied at a Muslim theological institute in Orenburg, run by one of Russia's official Muslim Spiritual Boards, and then, from 2002-2005, studied in Cairo and Kuwait.^[4]

Buryatsky moved to the North Caucasus in late 2007 or early 2008, where he became an important ideologue of the Caucasus Emirate. He criticized Sufi Muslims, critics of the Emirate, and spoke out against the commanders who disagreed with Dokka Umarov.^[5]

Buryatsky was reportedly responsible for the reactivation of the Riyadus-Salikhin shahid brigade of suicide bombers originally formed by Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev.^[4] He was being investigated for involvement with the bombing of the Nevsky Express train on a Moscow-to-St. Petersburg trip in November 2009, leaving 28 dead and 90 wounded; however, he was never brought to trial.^[1]

On March 2, 2010, Buryatsky was killed in the village of Ekazhevo in Ingushetia (Russia), during a Russian military operation involving units of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Russian Interior Ministry.^[5] A spokesman said that FSB troops had found a bomb factory inside the same house where the militants had been cornered in Ingushetia.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Russian 'Bin Laden' killed by Moscow's special forces", Andrew Osborn, Moscow, The Telegraph, 7:11 pm, March 7, 2010, webpage: Tel-3272.
↑ Ordinary Anti-cultism, Sergey Ivanenko (Moscow: 2012), p. 91, web: BGoog-kC.
↑ "Killing of Said Buryatsky Unlikely to Deter North Caucasus Insurgency", georgiandaily.com, March 12, 2010, web: GeoD-651.
↑ 4.0 4.1 "Militant Website Confirms Buryatsky's Death". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 7 March 2010.
↑ 5.0 5.1 Mairbek Vatchagaev (2010-03-11). "Killing of Said Buryatsky Unlikely to Deter North Caucasus Insurgency". Jamestown Foundation.

Chechen–Russian conflict

Key events	Conflict	Federalists	Separatists	Mujahideen

Wars First Chechen War War of Dagestan Second Chechen War War in Ingushetia Insurgency since 2009 First Chechen War (1994–96) 1994 Grozny 1994 Khankala 1994–95 Grozny 1996 Shatoy 1996 Grozny 1996 Khasavyurt Accord Second Chechen War (1999–2009) 1999 bombing campaign 1999–2000 Grozny 2000 Height 766 2000 Komsomolskoye 2000 Zhani-Vedeno 2002 Mi-26 shootdown Guerrilla phase 2004 Nazran raid 2004 Grozny raid 2005 Nalchik raid Counter-insurgency operations	Major attacks 1995 Budyonnovsk 1996 ferry seizure 1996 Kizlyar 1999 apartment bombings 2002 Moscow theater 2002 Grozny truck bombing 2004 aircraft bombings 2004 Beslan school Related topics Censorship of Chechnya coverage Crimes and terrorism Mass graves Suicide attacks Assassinations Casualties (Second Chechen War) Aircraft losses International response Politics of Chechnya Chechenpress Kavkaz Center	Combatants Russian Federation Russian Army Ground Forces Internal Affairs OMON · ODON · Internal Troops Federal Security (FSB) Military Intelligence (GRU) Special Forces (Spetsnaz) Republic of Chechnya Militia (Kadyrovtsy) Leaders Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin Chechnya † Akhmad Kadyrov Alu Alkhanov Ramzan Kadyrov † Sulim Yamadayev † Dzhabrail Yamadayev † Ruslan Yamadayev	Combatants Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Leaders † Dzhokhar Dudayev † Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev † Aslan Maskhadov † Abdul-Halim Sadulayev † Ruslan Gelayev † Shamil Basayev † Arbi Barayev † Salman Raduyev Akhmed Zakayev † Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev † Vakha Arsanov Ilyas Akhmadov † Movsar Barayev † Muslim Atayev † Rasul Makasharipov † Ilias Gorchkhanov † Rappani Khalilov	Combatants Caucasus Emirate Foreign Mujahideen Caucasus Front Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade Islamic International Brigade Leaders Dokka Umarov Aslambek Vadalov (POW) Akhmed Yevloyev † Anzor Astemirov † Supyan Abdullayev Aslan Byutukayev Movladi Udugov † Khuseyn Gakayev Tarkhan Gaziyev † Said Buryatsky † Magomed Vagabov † Asker Dzhappuyev † Ibn al-Khattab † Abu al-Walid † Abu Hafs al-Urduni † Muhannad † Abdulla Kurd

Persondata
Name	Buryatsky, Said
Alternative names	Alexander Tikhomirov, or Buryatyali
Short description	Russian Islamist
Date of birth	2 October 1982
Place of birth	Ulan-Ude, Buryatia
Date of death	2 March 2010
Place of death	Ekazhevo, Ingushetia

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