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<article xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kaspy</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">THE CASPIAN REGION: politics, economics, culture</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic" /><issn publication-format="print">1818-510X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="ru">Астраханский государственный университет им. В. Н. Татищева</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2151</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.54398/1818510X_2022_2_44</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="udс">94(470)"1812</article-id><title-group xml:lang="ru"><article-title>Akhmed Imadaev - fighter pilot, participant of the Great Patriotic War</article-title></title-group><title-group xml:lang="en"><article-title>Akhmed Imadaev - fighter pilot, participant of the Great Patriotic War</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9563-3174</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Khamzatova</surname><given-names>Zarema R.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Khamzatova</surname><given-names>Zarema R.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3516" /></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3856-7179</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ibragimov</surname><given-names>Movsur M.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Ibragimov</surname><given-names>Movsur M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3517" /></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8756-1729</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Sardalov</surname><given-names>Isa A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Sardalov</surname><given-names>Isa A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3518" /></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff3516"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Kadyrov Chechen State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Kadyrov Chechen State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3517"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Chechen State Pedagogical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Chechen State Pedagogical University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3518"><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">All-Russian public movement to perpetuate the memory of those who died in the defense of the Fatherland "Search Movement of Russia"</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="en">All-Russian public movement to perpetuate the memory of those who died in the defense of the Fatherland "Search Movement of Russia"</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" /><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-06-30"><day>30</day><month>06</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><issue>2</issue><fpage>44</fpage><lpage>48</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>12</day><month>01</month><year>2022</year></date></history><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2022/issue/2/article/2151">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/en/archive/2022/issue/2/article/2151</self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/2(71)/44-48.pdf" content-type="pdf">https://kaspy.asu-edu.ru/storage/kaspy/archive/2(71)/44-48.pdf</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Based on archival documents, materials of the local press, as well as the family archive, the article presents a reconstruction of the family and front-line biography of the fighter pilot, participant of the Great Patriotic War Imadaev Ahmed and his family. From the family name of the Imadaevs, who lived in the small mountain village of Itum-Kali of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR, 4 people went to the front, three of them brothers, sons of Imadaev Dzhemaldina and Dzezag Gazimagaevna. It was revealed that in 1944, after being in a reserve aviation regiment, pilot A. Imadaev was assigned to the 790th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 229th Fighter Aviation Division of the Separate Primorsky Army. He enters the war at the end of March 1944 with the rank of second lieutenant. He liberated the Caucasus, Crimea, the Baltic States, Sevastopol, and met victory in East Prussia. Some examples of the pilot's skillful actions in aerial battles in the area of the Curonian Spit are given. For his participation in the war, he was awarded two Orders of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War of the First Degree and many medals. After the war, he continued to serve in the Air Force, tested airplanes, and taught young people the profession. In 2000, Major A. Imadaev was awarded the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of aviation.</p></abstract><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Based on archival documents, materials of the local press, as well as the family archive, the article presents a reconstruction of the family and front-line biography of the fighter pilot, participant of the Great Patriotic War Imadaev Ahmed and his family. From the family name of the Imadaevs, who lived in the small mountain village of Itum-Kali of the Chechen-Ingush ASSR, 4 people went to the front, three of them brothers, sons of Imadaev Dzhemaldina and Dzezag Gazimagaevna. It was revealed that in 1944, after being in a reserve aviation regiment, pilot A. Imadaev was assigned to the 790th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 229th Fighter Aviation Division of the Separate Primorsky Army. He enters the war at the end of March 1944 with the rank of second lieutenant. He liberated the Caucasus, Crimea, the Baltic States, Sevastopol, and met victory in East Prussia. Some examples of the pilot's skillful actions in aerial battles in the area of the Curonian Spit are given. For his participation in the war, he was awarded two Orders of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War of the First Degree and many medals. After the war, he continued to serve in the Air Force, tested airplanes, and taught young people the profession. In 2000, Major A. 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