Kanamat Botashev

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Khuseevich and the family name is Botashev.
Kanamat Botashev
Native name
Канамат Хусеевич Боташев
Birth nameKanamat Khuseevich Botashev
Born(1959-05-20)20 May 1959
Lower Teberda, Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Died22 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 service1981–2013
2022
RankMajor 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]

Biography

In 1976, he graduated from high school. In 1981, he graduated from the Yeysk Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots [ru]. 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "БОТАШЕВ КАНАМАТ ХУСЕЕВИЧ :: Эльбрусоид". www.elbrusoid.org. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  2. ^ Боташев Канамат Хусеевич
  3. ^ СМИ: ВСУ уничтожили скандально известного генерала авиации ВС РФ
  4. ^ Генерал-майора авиации Боташева посмертно удостоили звания Героя России
  5. ^ Энциклопедия «Воронежская губерния». Автор-составитель А.Н. Юрасов. Раздел «Генералитет 1917+». 2021.
  6. ^ "В Санкт-Петербурге в отношении генерала, по вине которого Су-27 свалился в штопор, возбуждено уголовное дело. - Новости дня - PосБизнесКонсалтинг". 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Генерал-майора обвинили в крушении СУ-27 под Петрозаводском". Российская газета. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b c Howard Altman (24 May 2022). "63-Year-Old Retired Russian Fighter Pilot Shot Down In Su-25 Over Ukraine". thedrive.com. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  9. ^ Новости, Р. И. А. (24 April 2013). "Генерал получил за разбитый в Карелии Су-27 условный срок и штраф". РИА Новости (in Russian). Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Лекарство против неба Генерал заплатит Минобороны за разбившийся на учениях Су-27". Lenta.RU (in Russian). Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  11. ^ Десантники, вероятно, уничтожили скандально известного генерала авиации РФ
  12. ^ "Ukraine. BBC: Russian general Kanamat Botashev died in Ukraine. This is the highest-ranking military pilot who died in the war". 24 May 2022.
  13. ^ "Долетался. Возле Попасной, вероятно, ликвидировали скандального российского генерала". war.segodnya.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Russian Major General Shot Down over Ukraine – BBC Russian". 24 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Russian media: retired Russian major general killed in skies over Ukraine". news.yahoo.com. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Ukrainian paratroopers have probably neutralized the infamous Russian aviation general". Ukrainian Military Center. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.