Bilu Gaitaev
Qadi of Urus-Martanovsky District
In office 1910–1925
Personal details
Born	1852 Martan-Chu, Chechnya
Died	1925 Rostov Oblast, Soviet Union
Military service
Allegiance	Caucasian Imamate
Years of service	1870–78 1918—25
Battles/wars	Russian Civil War Hundred Days Battle Denikin's operation in Chechnya Battle of Goyty Battle of Alkhan-Yurt North Caucasus Operation

Bilu Gaitaev (Chechen: Goyti Bilu; 1852 — 1925) was a Chechen military leader and religious figure who took part in the Russian Civil War. Under Gaitaev's leadership, Chechens took part in major battles against the White Army. Bilu was of the Gendargnoy teip and Muzhgi-Nek'e (branch of a teip).^[1]

Biography

Gaitayev at the 1923 Chechen Congress, which proclaimed the Chechen Autonomous Oblast

Gaitayev fought against the Russian empire for many years, so during the Russian Revolution he supported the Soviet authorities, believing that they would let Chechens live by their own rules and Sharia law.^[2] However, after the war Gaitaev was declared an enemy of the Soviet state and sentenced to death, which was carried out in 1925 in the Rostov Oblast.^[3]

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