A serviceman from Dagestan was killed in combat.
Sharapudin Kurbanov from the Derbent district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 2186 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed in it.
As reported by "Caucasian Knot", by October 27, at least 2185 fighters from Dagestan had been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.
On October 29, a memorial plaque in memory of Sharapudin Kurbanov, who was killed in the military operation, was unveiled at the Chinarskaya school, the administration of the Derbent district reported on its Telegram channel. No details about the biography of the deceased were provided in the message.
Thus, at least 2186 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation.
Earlier, news of the deaths of fighters from the Derbent district became known on October 27. At that time, authorities reported that Ruslan Suleimanov and Manshallakh Novruzbekov were killed in the military operation.
Dagestan ranks first among the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District and Southern Federal District in the number of killed in the military operation whose names have been officially disclosed by the authorities. In February 2022, Sergey Melikov, who was then the head of Dagestan, was the first among the representatives of the authorities to report that a Russian military officer, Nurmagomed Gadzhimagomedov, was killed in Ukraine.
"Caucasian Knot" maintains a named list of natives of the North Caucasus Federal District and Southern Federal District who were killed in the military operation. The list is compiled based on data officially announced by representatives of the authorities and law enforcement agencies, according to the report from "Caucasian Knot" "Statistics of the Special Military Operation: losses are increasing for southern Russia".
State awards, memorial plaques, and appearances on "Channel One" do not guarantee support from the state for the families of the deceased, according to the material from "Caucasian Knot" "Three comrades served: how authorities deprive families of killed volunteers of benefits", which describes the stories of the killed fighters. In particular, the widow of one of the deceased reported that without the body, the battalion did not make payments related to the death of the serviceman.