Djabrail Yurievich Chahkiev[a] (21 May 1955 – 8 January 2024) was a Soviet and Russian historian, archaeologist, weapons expert, ethnographer, archivist, candidate of historical sciences, Deputy Head of the State Archive Service of the Republic of Ingushetia.
He gave preference to the study of the medieval history of military affairs and the armament of the population of Chechnya and Ingushetia in the 13th–18th centuries.
He gave preference to the study of the medieval history of military affairs and the armament of the population of Chechnya and Ingushetia in the 13th-18th centuries.
While working there, he had trade union leave, which he used to explore the highlands of Chechnya and Ingushetia and, as a rule, on the "vacation pay" he received.
[2] In 1982 Chahkiev defended his candidate thesis on the topic "Weapons and issues of military art of the late medieval Vainakhs of the 13th-18th centuries" at Moscow State University.