Kanamat Botashev | |
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Native name | Канамат Хусеевич Боташев |
Birth name | Kanamat Khuseevich Botashev |
Born | Lower Teberda, Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union [1] | 20 May 1959
Died | 22 May 2022 Popasna, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine | (aged 63)
Allegiance |
Soviet Union Russia |
Service/ |
Soviet Air Forces Russian Air Force Wagner Group |
Years of service | 1981–2013 2022 |
Rank | Major general |
Battles/wars | |
Awards |
Kanamat Khuseevich Botashev [2] ( Russian: Канамат Хусеевич Боташев; 20 May 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 Voronezh Malshevo airbase near Voronezh. [3] He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation. [4]
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 Sukhoi Su-27 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 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 a mercenary pilot for the Wagner Group. [8] [16]
Kanamat Botashev | |
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Native name | Канамат Хусеевич Боташев |
Birth name | Kanamat Khuseevich Botashev |
Born | Lower Teberda, Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union [1] | 20 May 1959
Died | 22 May 2022 Popasna, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine | (aged 63)
Allegiance |
Soviet Union Russia |
Service/ |
Soviet Air Forces Russian Air Force Wagner Group |
Years of service | 1981–2013 2022 |
Rank | Major general |
Battles/wars | |
Awards |
Kanamat Khuseevich Botashev [2] ( Russian: Канамат Хусеевич Боташев; 20 May 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 Voronezh Malshevo airbase near Voronezh. [3] He was posthumously awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation. [4]
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 Sukhoi Su-27 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 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 a mercenary pilot for the Wagner Group. [8] [16]