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)
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Service/ | ![]() ![]() Wagner Group |
Years of service | 1981–2013 2022 |
Rank | Major general |
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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]