Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev (Chechen: Дудин Муса-воӏ Джохар, romanized: Dudin Musa-voj Dƶoxar, [duˈdin muˈsɑvɔʕ d͡ʒɔwˈxɑr]; Russian: Джохар Мусаевич Дудаев; US pronunciation (help·info); 15 February 1944 – 21 April 1996) was a Soviet Air Force general and Chechen separatist leader who was the first President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, a breakaway region in the North Caucasus, from 1991 until his assassination in 1996. From Wikipedia
