Kazbek Akhtimirovich Hudalov (Казбек Ахтемирович Худалов), an Ossetian born in 1959, [1] was a Soviet soldier who was initially reported to have been captured during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but was later revealed to have been a "notorious traitor" and one of the highest ranked Soviets who defected to fight with the Mujahideen repelling the occupation. [2] [3] [4]
Service in the Soviet Army
A native of Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia–Alania, [5] Hudalov graduated from the Ordzhenikidze Command School, [3] and the military academy in Almaty. [6]
He joined the Soviet Army on 1 September 1977 and was deployed to Afghanistan in August 1983. [7]
He was a lieutenant in the Soviet Army [6] and was listed as "captured" by Mujahideen in Parwan on 16 September 1984 [1] after he went to search for a subordinate and never returned. [8] However, by early 1985 it was clear that he had defected and was fighting with the insurgents. [2]
Defection to the Mujahideen
Hudalov defected from the Soviet army to join the Mujahideen and surrounded himself with a group of approximately a dozen similar deserters of largely Tajik descent. [3] The group focused its attacks on the 40th Army and Democratic Republic of Afghanistan outposts, frequently dressing in Soviet military uniforms to approach targets. [3]
In autumn 1988, Hudalov was believed to be operating around Bagram, but as the group moved towards the Panjshir mountains, it ceased to visibly operate. [3]
Citations
- ^ a b "Афганистан. 1979 - 1989: пропавшие без вести" [Afghanistan. 1979 - 1989: missing]. Комсомольская Правда (in Russian). 13 February 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Afghanistan: Lost Soldiers", Le Magazine, 14 November 1985.
-
^
"Soviet Conscripts who defected to Mujahidin",
The Sunday Times, 30 November 2002.[
dead link]
- "Дезертиры из Советской Армии в Афганистане" [Deserters from the Soviet Army in Afghanistan]. 5 June 2008. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. - ^ http://www.novayagazeta.ru/file/pdf/spisok.pdf [ dead link]
- ^ a b L'Actualite, Volume 11, 1986. Page 17
- ^ "ВОЕННОСЛУЖАЩИЕ, БЕЗ ВЕСТИ ПРОПАВШИЕ В АФГАНИСТАНЕ" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ "Information on Shootdowns".
External links
- "Афганистан не выдает ни живых, ни мертвых ["Afghanistan does not give out any living or dead"], Kommersant No. 111, 16 March 1992 (in Russian)
Kazbek Akhtimirovich Hudalov (Казбек Ахтемирович Худалов), an Ossetian born in 1959, [1] was a Soviet soldier who was initially reported to have been captured during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but was later revealed to have been a "notorious traitor" and one of the highest ranked Soviets who defected to fight with the Mujahideen repelling the occupation. [2] [3] [4]
Service in the Soviet Army
A native of Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia–Alania, [5] Hudalov graduated from the Ordzhenikidze Command School, [3] and the military academy in Almaty. [6]
He joined the Soviet Army on 1 September 1977 and was deployed to Afghanistan in August 1983. [7]
He was a lieutenant in the Soviet Army [6] and was listed as "captured" by Mujahideen in Parwan on 16 September 1984 [1] after he went to search for a subordinate and never returned. [8] However, by early 1985 it was clear that he had defected and was fighting with the insurgents. [2]
Defection to the Mujahideen
Hudalov defected from the Soviet army to join the Mujahideen and surrounded himself with a group of approximately a dozen similar deserters of largely Tajik descent. [3] The group focused its attacks on the 40th Army and Democratic Republic of Afghanistan outposts, frequently dressing in Soviet military uniforms to approach targets. [3]
In autumn 1988, Hudalov was believed to be operating around Bagram, but as the group moved towards the Panjshir mountains, it ceased to visibly operate. [3]
Citations
- ^ a b "Афганистан. 1979 - 1989: пропавшие без вести" [Afghanistan. 1979 - 1989: missing]. Комсомольская Правда (in Russian). 13 February 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Afghanistan: Lost Soldiers", Le Magazine, 14 November 1985.
-
^
"Soviet Conscripts who defected to Mujahidin",
The Sunday Times, 30 November 2002.[
dead link]
- "Дезертиры из Советской Армии в Афганистане" [Deserters from the Soviet Army in Afghanistan]. 5 June 2008. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. - ^ http://www.novayagazeta.ru/file/pdf/spisok.pdf [ dead link]
- ^ a b L'Actualite, Volume 11, 1986. Page 17
- ^ "ВОЕННОСЛУЖАЩИЕ, БЕЗ ВЕСТИ ПРОПАВШИЕ В АФГАНИСТАНЕ" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ "Information on Shootdowns".
External links
- "Афганистан не выдает ни живых, ни мертвых ["Afghanistan does not give out any living or dead"], Kommersant No. 111, 16 March 1992 (in Russian)