Mikhail Tolstykh Михаил Толстых | |
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![]() Tolstykh in 2014 | |
Nickname(s) | Givi |
Born | Ilovaisk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 19 July 1980
Died | 8 February 2017 Donetsk, Ukraine[a] | (aged 36)
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Years of service | 1998–2000 2014–2017 |
Rank | Colonel |
Commands held | ![]() |
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Mikhail Sergeyevich Tolstykh (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Толстых; Ukrainian: Михайло Сергійович Толстих, romanized: Mykhailo Serhiiovych Tolstykh; 19 July 1980 – 8 February 2017), better known by his nom de guerre Givi (Гиви), was a Ukrainian separatist officer wanted for war crimes.[2][3][4][5] He was mainly known as the commander of the collaborationist Donetsk People's Republic's Somalia Battalion during the war in Donbas from 2014,[6] until his assassination in early 2017.[7]
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