Kanamat Botashev

Kanamat Botashev
Native name	Канамат Хусеевич Боташев
Birth name	Kanamat Khuseevich Botashev
Born	(1959-05-20)20 May 1959 Lower Teberda, Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Died	22 May 2022(2022-05-22) (aged 63) Popasna, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Russia
Service/branch	Soviet Air Forces  Russian Air Force Wagner Group
Years of service	1981–2013 2022
Rank	Major general
Battles/wars	Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine Eastern Ukraine offensive †
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]