Mikhail Tolstykh

Commander of the pro-Russian forces · Ukraine · On the map · Lived 1980 to 2017 · aged 36

Mikhail Sergeyevich Tolstykh, better known by his nom de guerre Givi (Гиви), was a prominent pro-Russian separatist commander of the Donetsk People's Republic's Somalia Battalion during the war in Donbas. Tolstykh achieved a high profile for his wartime activities, from 2014 until his assassination in early 2017.

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