Kanamat Botashev | |
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Native name | Канамат Хусеевич Боташев |
Birth name | Kanamat Khuseevich Botashev |
Born | 20 May 1959 |
Died | 22 May 2022 | (aged 63)
Place of birth | Lower Teberda, Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1] |
Place of death | Popasna, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine |
Allegiance |
Soviet Union Russia |
Service/branch |
Soviet Union Air Force Russian Air Force Wagner Group (allegedly) |
Years of service |
1981–2013 2022 |
Rank | Major general |
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Awards |
Kanamat Khuseevich Botashev (Russian: Канамат Хусеевич Боташев; 20 May[2] 1959 – 22 May 2022) was a Russian major general who was the commander of the military unit 23326 of the Western Military District and the commander of the Baltimor airbase near Voronezh.[3] He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation.[4]
Biography[]
In 1976, he graduated from high school. In 1981, he graduated from the Yeysk Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots . In 2010 he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia.[5]
On 29 December 2012, a criminal case was opened against him under Article 351 of the Criminal Code (violation of flight rules)[6] for crashing a SU-27 plane while violating flight rules.[7][8] He had reportedly piloted the aircraft without undergoing proper training and pre-flight medical checks, and then decided to perform aerobatics and thus accidentally destroyed the SU-27.[8] Botashev was sentenced to four years probation with a fine of 5 million rubles.[9] In 2013 he was discharged from the army.[10] After that he worked as deputy head of DOSAAF in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast for aviation, and deputy director of an aeroclub in Saint Petersburg.[11]
According to Ukrainian media, he took part in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and died on 22 May 2022 near Popasna, piloting a Sukhoi Su-25 attack aircraft,[12][13] which was shot down by a FIM-92 Stinger.[14] Russian media later confirmed his death in combat in Ukraine.[15] Observers speculated that Botashev had been flying as mercenary pilot for the Wagner Group.[8][16]
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References[]
- ↑ "БОТАШЕВ КАНАМАТ ХУСЕЕВИЧ :: Эльбрусоид" (in en). http://www.elbrusoid.org/articles/military/485427/. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ↑ Боташев Канамат Хусеевич
- ↑ СМИ: ВСУ уничтожили скандально известного генерала авиации ВС РФ
- ↑ Генерал-майора авиации Боташева посмертно удостоили звания Героя России
- ↑ Энциклопедия «Воронежская губерния». Автор-составитель А.Н. Юрасов. Раздел «Генералитет 1917+». 2021.
- ↑ "В Санкт-Петербурге в отношении генерала, по вине которого Су-27 свалился в штопор, возбуждено уголовное дело. - Новости дня - PосБизнесКонсалтинг". 31 December 2012. http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/20121229141109.shtml. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ↑ "Генерал-майора обвинили в крушении СУ-27 под Петрозаводском". 29 December 2012. https://rg.ru/2012/12/29/reg-szfo/krushenie-anons.html. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Howard Altman (24 May 2022). "63-Year-Old Retired Russian Fighter Pilot Shot Down In Su-25 Over Ukraine". thedrive.com. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/63-year-old-retired-russian-fighter-pilot-shot-down-in-su-25-over-ukraine.
- ↑ Новости, Р. И. А. (24 April 2013). "Генерал получил за разбитый в Карелии Су-27 условный срок и штраф" (in ru). https://ria.ru/20130424/934307946.html. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ↑ "Лекарство против неба Генерал заплатит Минобороны за разбившийся на учениях Су-27" (in ru). https://lenta.ru/articles/2013/04/23/fly/. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ↑ Десантники, вероятно, уничтожили скандально известного генерала авиации РФ
- ↑ "Ukraine. BBC: Russian general Kanamat Botashev died in Ukraine. This is the highest-ranking military pilot who died in the war". 24 May 2022. https://polishnews.co.uk/ukraine-bbc-russian-general-kanamat-botashev-died-in-ukraine-this-is-the-highest-ranking-military-pilot-who-died-in-the-war/.
- ↑ "Долетался. Возле Попасной, вероятно, ликвидировали скандального российского генерала" (in ru). https://war.segodnya.ua/war/vtorzhenie/doletalsya-vozle-popasnoy-veroyatno-likvidirovali-skandalnogo-rossiyskogo-generala-1622076.html. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
- ↑ "Russian Major General Shot Down over Ukraine – BBC Russian". 24 May 2022. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/05/24/russian-major-general-shot-down-over-ukraine-bbc-russian-a77788.
- ↑ "Russian media: retired Russian major general killed in skies over Ukraine" (in en-US). https://news.yahoo.com/russian-media-retired-russian-major-131900289.html.
- ↑ "Ukrainian paratroopers have probably neutralized the infamous Russian aviation general" (in en-GB). 2022-05-23. https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukrainian-paratroopers-have-probably-neutralized-the-infamous-russian-aviation-general/.
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