Bilu Gaitaev

Bilu Gaitaev (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).

Biography
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. 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.