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Iliyas Daudi
Native Name:Ильяс Дильшатович Дауди
Native Name Lang:rus
Birth Date:29 January 1967
Birth Place:Aznakayevo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance:Soviet Union
Branch:Soviet Army
Serviceyears:1985–1986
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Iliyas Daudi (Russian: Ильяс Дильшатович Дауди; born January 29, 1967) is a Russian military writer-novelist, publicist, a member of the Writers' Union of Russia. Screenwriter and a filmmaker. In the past he was the Soviet military serviceman, the veteran of the Soviet–Afghan War, the Hero of the Russian Federation.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Early years and family life

Iliyas Daudi was born in Aznakayevo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. While studying at school, he became a champion of a number of federal boxing tournaments and achieved the title of Candidate for Master of Sport of the USSR.[5] Both of Iliyas Daudi's grandfathers, Misbakhetdin Safin and Akhmadullah Idrisov, fought in the Second World War against Nazi Germany. During a breakthrough from the encirclement near Bryansk in 1942, grandfather Akhmadullah was seriously wounded by an artillery shell; his thigh was amputated. 44 years later, in August 1986, in Afghanistan, Iliyas Daudi, a sergeant in military intelligence, was wounded in exactly the same way when he was blown up by an Italian anti-personnel mine.[6]
The father of a large family, in one marriage he raised 6 children: a son and five daughters. The son, Dauddin, following the example of his father, served in the 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade, became a military intelligence officer, a reserve lieutenant and a developer of innovative projects in the field of regenerative medicine.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Military service

In August 1985, after basic military training Daudi was assigned to military reconnaissance unit of 149th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment of Limited Contingent of Soviet forces in Afghanistan (official title of 40th Army).
— His military career started from reconnaissance operations in the rank of senior scout, then he took a position of a squad-leader of surveillance section. Soviet Colonel General Alexander Skorodumov wrote in his memories that Iliyas Daudi was not only formal leader, but the informal one too. Moreover, sometimes Daudi faced accusations in not obeying the rules and even hooliganism. Surprisingly, it wasn't an obstacle for him to become a deputy of platoon commander and join a Communist Party of the Soviet Union.[15]
— On 18 August 1986, I.Daudi participated in a large-scale Soviet Operation Trap on the Afghan-Iranian border in Herat province to capture the base fortified complex of the mujahideen Kokari-Sharshari of a prominent afghan warlord Ismail Khan. In battle, risking his life, he saved three comrades. A day later, 23 August in violent clashes with mujahideen, on a mission to supply his soldiers with ammunition, he stepped on an Italian antipersonnel mine. The explosion blew off his thigh and he received a severe concussion. According to the testimony of his army friends, he asked them to shoot him to get rid of the burden, but they managed to evacuate him from the combat. In November 1986, he was decommissioned from the Soviet Army after spending a lot of time in rehabilitation in hospital zone.[16]
— Many years later his combat performance was investigated and evaluated as outstanding heroism. In December 2009 by the order of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev he was awarded with a Hero of Russian Federation.[17]

After returning from the war

After returning from the war, treatment in hospitals and prosthetics of an amputated leg, in the same year he continued his studies at the Faculty of Economics of the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, from where 2 years ago, as a student at a prestigious university, he volunteered to participate in the Soviet–Afghan War.[18]
— In the early 1990s, I. Daudi created a restaurant holding company. He directed his earned funds to help the families of the deceased veterans of the Afghan war. At the same time, he paid for prosthetics for 82 amputee soldiers from the city of Moscow and the Moscow region, who lost their arms and legs in that war, by the German company Ottobock.[19] [20] [21] [22] [23]
— In 2012 I. Daudi graduated from Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (2012). The topic of the diploma: «The national interests of the Russian Federation in the Central Asian region in the context of the military-political situation in and around Afghanistan».[24]
— In 2024, he graduated from the 2-year higher courses of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) workshop of film and television directing and production. — IMDb nm 15078873.[25] In the educational process, he shot Short Feature films «Self-Portrait» (2022), «THE BLIND» (2023); music video «Sultoni Qalbam» (2024) Himn of Love, «Sultan of my heart» (2024), «The Betrothed» (2024), «Eternal Love» (2024), «Every music have J.S. Bach» (2024), which won a number of International film Festivals.[26] [27] [28] [29]

Writing activity

Novelist, essayist, publicist, columnist. The author's works are devoted to military topics with an anti-war philosophy.[30] [31] [32]
— He is the author of articles, stories and essays about the events of the Afghan war (1979-1989) in the publications of the Russian Ministry of Defense — the magazine «Armeiskyi sbornik», the newspaper «Krasnaya Zvezda» and others: «Kabul Hospital»,[33] «Pilaf for Sheraghi»,[34] «He built a bridge across the Elbe»,[35] «It was impossible otherwise»,[36] «Lead blizzard»,[37] «Born in the flames of wars»,[38] «Stepped into immortality»,[39] «Twice past»,[40] «Steel stronger»,[41] «Afghanistan — a look into the past» — a trilogy, «For that guy» and others.
— Winner of the 11th All-Russian literary competition of the Central House of the Russian Army of the Ministry of Defense of Russia in 2017 in the nomination «Prose and Drama» with «Essay of a wounded soldier» from the collection «Notes of a military intelligence officer».
— Author of the military historical novel-trilogy «In the Circle of Kunduz» (2020) — about the fate of six Soviet intelligence officers during the Afghan war and after it. A number of leading Russian publications and the Russian Military Historical Society reported on nomination of I. Daudi for this novel for the «Nobel Prize in Literature 2022, 2021».[42] [23] [43] [44]
Chapters of the novel were published in Russian literary and art magazines: «Nevsky almanakh»; «Sever»; «Shores»; «Russkoe pole»; «Belaya skala»; «Biyskyi vestnik»; «Don»; «Gostiny dvor»; «Litkultprivet»; «Kazan»; «Crimea»; «Istoki»; «Argamak»; «Novaya Nemiga».[45] [46]
At the presentation at the Russian military historical society on 9.12.2020, I. Daudi announced that he had written the script of the series based on the novel «In the Circle of Kunduz».[47] [23] [44] [48] [49] [50]
— On August 31, 2021, on the day of the withdrawal of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from Afghanistan, I.Daudi's historical documentary book «The Great War in Afghanistan» was published with studies of the reasons for the entry of Soviet troops into this country in 1979 and their involvement in a long-lasting civil war.[51] [52] [53] [54] [43] [55] [56] [57]
— Later in the same year three novells were published — «We'll all be back!», «Not by the front corridor», «Zugzwang of Ober Lieutenant Bruno Thevs»[58]
— In 2022, the anti-militaristic novel «The Zugzwang of Ober-leutnant Bruno Thevs», replete with facts of resonant actions in Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) led by NATO in the 2000s − nominated for «The Peace Prize of German Booksellers».[23] [59]

Bibliography

Film and Script awards

See also

External links

Publications in Russian

Notes and References

  1. http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/30375 «Decree of the President of the Russian Federation» № 1497 of 27.12.2009 «On awarding the title of Hero of the Russian Federation to Daudi I.D.»
  2. https://журнальныймир.рф/avtor/daudi-ilyas?ysclid=lhdnutfcmd434396382 Iliyas Daudi «Magazine World»
  3. https://rvio.histrf.ru/activities/news/film-geroya-rossii-poboretsya-za-prizovoe-mesto-na-mezhdunarodnom-kinofestivale-v-indii?ysclid=llwbozj9lv719047673 Russian Military Historical Society: «The film of the Hero of Russia will compete for a prize at the International film Festival in India» August 28, 2023
  4. https://miniboxoffice.com/uploads/image/ICFF-23/Official%20Selection%20List-1-2.jpg «The film «Blind» directed by Iliyas Daudi has been selected for the shortlist of the 11th Indian Cine Film Festival-23 in Mumbai, India» (Official Selection S-19 list-1)
  5. http://eurasian-defence.ru/?q=node/22524 «Iliyas Daudi Center of Military and Political Research»
  6. https://www.mk.ru/social/2017/01/17/geroy-rossii-ilyas-daudi-povtoril-sudbu-dedaveterana.html «Hero of Russia Ilyas Daudi repeated the fate of his veteran grandfather. Scout's path» «Moskovsky Komsomolets» newspaper 17.01.2017
  7. https://nvo.ng.ru/wars/2019-02-15/12_1034_shuravi.html «Operation Shuravi» military journalist N.N. Poroskov «Independent Military Review» (NVO) (Independent Newspaper) 15.02.2019
  8. http://archive.redstar.ru/index.php/pinchuk/item/34859-kogo-vozmut-v-spetsnaz «Who will be taken into special forces» newspaper «Red Star» of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation 22.10.2017
  9. http://sc.mil.ru/files/morf/military/archive/%D0%90%D0%A1_11_2017.pdf «From father to son» the magazine of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation «Army collection» 17.11.2017
  10. http://archive.redstar.ru/index.php/news-menu/vesti/item/36154-finisha-zhdut-v-ryazani «The finish line is expected in Ryazan» newspaper «Red Star» of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation 16.02.2018
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20180816061804/http://archive.redstar.ru/index.php/news-menu/vesti/item/36154-finisha-zhdut-v-ryazani «The finish line is expected in Ryazan» newspaper «Red Star» of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation 16.02.2018
  12. https://nvo.ng.ru/history/2021-09-16/12_1158_hero.html «Scout of the Kunduz Regiment» «Independent Military Review» (NVO) «Nezavisimaya Gazeta» (Independent Newspaper) 16.09.2021
  13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA1weWgXeJA NHUB 2022 «interview of Daudi Daudin to RBC TV channe»l
  14. https://scamt.ifmo.ru/ru/about/sotrudniki/daudi-dauddin.html «Scamt: Daudi Dauddin»
  15. A. Skorodumov «Daudi is the name of the hero» «Krasnaya Zvezda Newspaper» (Red Star) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
  16. Grau. Lester. "Defeating Guerrilla Logistics: Soviet Operation "Trap" in Western Afghanistan". The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. 31. February 2018 . 65–79. 10.1080/13518046.2018.1417241. 149150668.
  17. http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/30375 «Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 27.12 2009» № 1497 «On awarding the title of Hero of the Russian Federation to Daudi I. D.» Kremlin portal
  18. https://unis.shpl.ru/Pages/Search/BookInfo.aspx?Id=464674&ysclid=lpmb6ten6r214829538 «Military History Magazine»: Gradoselsky V.V. «Recruitment of the Armed Forces of the USSR in the 1970s-1980s» № 9 (545) /2005
  19. https://www.mk.ru/social/2017/01/17/geroy-rossii-ilyas-daudi-povtoril-sudbu-dedaveterana.html «Hero of Russia Ilyas Daudi repeated the fate of his veteran grandfather» — «Moskovsky Komsomolets» newspaper 17.01.2017
  20. https://tatmsk.tatarstan.ru/daudi.htm? «Iliyas Daudi. War and peace in the life of the Hero of Russia» — portal of the Plenipotentiary Representation of the Republic of Tatarstan
  21. http://old.redstar.ru/2010/12/08_12/4_01.html «And eternal battle» newspaper — «Krasnaya Zvezda» (Red Star) 8.12.2010
  22. https://nvo.ng.ru/nvo/2021-09-16/12_1158_hero.html «Scout of the Kunduz regiment: The story of a hero living among us» — «Nezavisimaya Gazeta» («Independent Military Review») 16.09.2021
  23. https://nvo.ng.ru/history/2022-02-10/13_1176_comeback.html «Return from behind the «Yellow River»: On the 33rd anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan» — «Nezavisimaya Gazeta» («Independent Military Review» app 10.02.2022
  24. https://nvo.ng.ru/history/2021-09-16/12_1158_hero.html «Scout of the Kunduz regiment. The story of a hero living among us»
  25. https://m.imdb.com/name/nm15078873/ Iliyas Daudi — IMDb nm 15078873
  26. https://vgik-info.translate.goog/today/creativelife/detail.php?ID=12213&_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en S.A. Gerasimov's All-Russian State University: «The Short Feature Film «The Blind» (2023) directed dy I. Daudi began its large-scale tour of International Film Festivals»
  27. https://disk.yandex.ru/d/Eqft4Xqh93RC8g «Self-portrait» (2022) short film directed by Iliyas Daudi
  28. https://disk.yandex.ru/i/Tf4jRoSc9w3tZQ «The Blind» Short Feature Film directed by Iliyas Daudi
  29. https://filmfreeway.com/IliyasDaudi Iliyas Daudi screenwriter, director, filmmaker — portal «FilmFreeWay» 25.07.2024
  30. https://журнальныймир.рф/avtor/daudi-ilyas?ysclid=lhdnutfcmd434396382 Iliyas Daudi "Magazine World"
  31. https://kazanreporter.ru/news/48822_kolumnista-kazanskogo-reportera-nagradili-specialnym-diplomom-minoborony-rossii? «The columnist of the Kazan Reporter was awarded a special diploma of the Ministry of Defense of Russia» − «Kazan reporter newspaper» 30.03.2022
  32. https://kam.business-gazeta.ru/article/97413 Iliyas Daudi: «We came to Afghanistan with tanks. And there will be no great love with tanks!» — «The Hero of Russia believes that the philosophy of war is in a soldier's tent, and the state did not take care of the mothers and wives of the fallen servicemen». The newspaper «Business-on-line» Kazan-city 15.02.2014
  33. http://sc.mil.ru/files/morf/military/archive/AS_03_2016.pdf «Kabul hospital» Collection of Notes of a military intelligence officer «Army collection» magazine of the RF Ministry of Defense 03.2016 с. 48-51
  34. http://sc.mil.ru/files/morf/military/archive/AS_03_2016.pdf «Pilaf for Sheraga» Collection of Notes of a Military Intelligence Officer «Army Collection» magazine of the RF Ministry of Defense 03.2016 с. 48-51
  35. http://sc.mil.ru/files/morf/military/archive/АС_12_2017.pdf «He built a bridge over the Elbe» «Army Collection» magazine of the RF Ministry of Defense 12.2017 с. 96-100
  36. http://sc.mil.ru/files/morf/military/archive/02.2018_milru.pdf «It was impossible otherwise» magazine «Army collection» of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation 02.2018 стр. 149—152
  37. http://sc.mil.ru/files/morf/military/archive/АС_08_2018.pdf «Chalk lead blizzard» To the 30th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, the «Army collection» magazine of the Russian Ministry of Defense 08.2018 с. 180—185
  38. http://kunduz.ru/f/statya_rozhdennyye_v_plameni_voyn_zhurnal_armeyskiy_sbornik_062019.pdf «Born in the Flame of Wars» «Army Collection» magazine of the RF Ministry of Defense 06.2019
  39. http://redstar.ru/16-fevralya-2018-g/attachment/11905/ On the day of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, the newspaper «Krasnaya Zvezda» «Like a song went to war» strip-10. I.D.Daudi 02.16.2018
  40. https://kazanreporter.ru/post/2017_dvazhdy_proshedshie «Twice past» newspaper «Kazansky reporter» 23.02.2017
  41. https://kazanreporter.ru/post/2094_krepche_stali «Stronger than Steel» the newspaper «Kazansky Reporter» 1.04.2017
  42. Web site: Presentation «Hero of Russia Iliyas Daudi presented his book about the heroes of the Afghan war and their descendants» «Russian Military Historical Society» 9 December 2020 . 2020-12-10 . 2021-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210808073105/https://rvio.histrf.ru/activities/news/item-7807 . dead .
  43. https://kazanreporter.ru/post/4790_ilas-daudi-my-vozvrasalis-s-podnatymi-znamenami? «We were returning with raised banners!» newspaper «Kazan Reporter» 15.02.2022
  44. http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=12182 Country Heroes Portal
  45. http://журнальныймир.рф/avtor/daudi-ilyas Iliyas Daudi «Magazine world»
  46. https://proza.ru/avtor/daudi Portal Proza.ru
  47. Web site: Presentation «Hero of Russia Ilyas Daudi presented his book about the heroes of the Afghan war and their descendants» «Russian Military Historical Society» 9.12.2020 . 2020-12-10 . 2021-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210808073105/https://rvio.histrf.ru/activities/news/item-7807 . dead .
  48. https://proza.ru/2021/01/07/1810 «In the Circle of Kunduz» a military-historical novel-trilogy
  49. http://kunduz.ru/f/v_kruge_kunduzskom_roman_2.pdf Iliyas Daudi. The military-historical novel-trilogy «In the circle of Kunduz». «The story of heroes among whom you want to live»
  50. https://nvo.ng.ru/realty/2021-09-23/1_1159_game.html «The Great Afghan Game» — interview with the independent newspaper «Nezavisimaya Gazeta» (Military Review) 23.09.2021
  51. https://nvo.ng.ru/realty/2022-01-20/13_1173_afganistan.html? «The Great game. Afghanistan: actual metaphor»: A detailed work about one of the most explosive regions of the planet has been published. Author Sergey Vasiliev «Nezavisimaya Gazeta» newspaper (Independent Military Review) «Nezavisimoe voennoe obozrenie» 20.01.2022
  52. https://nvo.ng.ru/realty/2021-09-23/1_1159_game.html «The Great Afghan Game» — interview with military journalist S.Vasiliev «Nezavisimaya Gazeta» («Independent Military Review») 23.09.2021
  53. https://proza.ru/2019/04/01/466 «The Great Game in Afghanistan»
  54. https://nvo.ng.ru/history/2022-02-10/13_1176_comeback.html «The return from behind the «Yellow River»: On the 33rd anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan» — «Nezavisimaya Gazeta» («Independent Military Review» app 10.02.2022
  55. https://rvio.histrf.ru/activities/news/prezentaciya-knigi-ilyasa-daudi-bolshaya-igra-v-afganistan-v-knizhnom-klube-dostoevskij Presentation of Ilyas Daudi's book «The Great game in Afghanistan» on the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland — 9.12.2021 at the Dostoevsky Book Club
  56. https://www.1tv.ru/shows/dobroe-utro/pro-kulturu/bolshaya-igra-v-afganistan-dobroe-utro-fragment-vypuska-ot-10-12-2021 «The Great game in Afghanistan» — Channel 1 «ORT» program «Good morning» from 10.12.2021
  57. https://proza.ru/2019/04/01/466 Iliyas Daudi «Great Game in Afghanistan»
  58. https://nvo.ng.ru/realty/2021-09-23/1_1159_game.html Sergey Vasiliev «The Great War in Afghanistan». The Great Afghan game. Reflections on the war and its victims. Author Sergey Vasiliev «Independent Military Review newspaper» (Nezavisimoe voennoe obozrenie) 23.09.2021
  59. https://nvo.ng.ru/realty/2022-01-20/13_1173_afganistan.html? «Afghanistan: actual metaphor» — «A detailed work about one of the most explosive regions of the planet has been published» − «Nezavisimaya Gazeta» («Independent Military Review») 20.01.2022
  60. http://журнальныймир.рф/content/v-kruge-kunduzskom «In the circle of Kunduz»: chapters from the novel in the «Magazine World» literary and art magazine «Biysk Bulletin» No.3 2020
  61. http://kazan-journal.ru/news/chitalka/shtyk-na-pero-roman-ilyasa-daudi-kak-prodolzhenie-podviga-boevogo-razvedchika «Bayonet on the pen» — review of the Doctor of Sciences, Professor V. I. Lutovinov on the military historical novel-trilogy «In the circle of Kunduz» 3.06.2020
  62. https://nvo.ng.ru/nvo/2022-02-10/13_1176_comeback.html «Return from behind the Yellow River: To the 33rd anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan» — «Nezavisimaya Gazeta» (Independent Military Review of HVO) 10.02.2022
  63. http://kazan-journal.ru/news/chitalka/my-vse-vernemsya-povest-iz-romana-v-krugu-kunduzskom «We will all return!» (From the novel-trillogy «In the circle of Kunduz» by I.Daudi) literary magazine «Kazan» 3.06.2020
  64. http://xn--80alhdjhdcxhy5hl.xn--p1ai/content/istoriya-geroev-sredi-kotoryh-hochetsya-zhit «The story of heroes among whom you want to live» — portal «Magazine World» literary and art magazine «Argamak» Republic of Tatarstan No.2 2020
  65. http://журнальныймир.рф/content/cugcvang-ober-leytenanta-bruno-tevsa «Zugzwang of Chief Lieutenant Bruno Tevs» literary and art magazine «Argamak» Tatarstan No.1 2021
  66. http://hollywoodcff.com/2024_Winners_%28Spring%29.html «Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood» LACFOH-2024 Los Angeles, USA 26.03.2024 Spring 2024 Winners
  67. https://filmfreeway.com/IliyasDaudi Awards & Selection
  68. https://miniboxoffice.com/indiancinefilmfestival/news.php?id=Njg5Nw RESULT: «11-th International Cine Film Festival-23» ICFF-2023 Mumbai, India
  69. https://rvio.histrf.ru/activities/news/film-geroya-rossii-udostoen-prestizhnyh-nagrad?ysclid=lmgss779bj786783715 «The film of the Hero of Russia was awarded prestigious awards» September 11, 2023, Portal: «Russian Military Historical Society»
  70. https://swedenfilmawards.se/the-blind/ «Best Short Film», «Best director» — nominations «Sweden Film Awards» SFA-2023 for the movie «THE BLIND» directed by I. Daudi, Stockholm, Sweden 8.10.2023; 16.11.2023
  71. https://vgik.info/today/creativelife/detail.php?ID=12315 S.A. Gerasimov's Russian University of Cinematography: «The film “THE BLIND” won in 4 nominations» — «Best Short Film», «Best director» — nominations «Sweden Film Awards» SFA-2023 for the movie «THE BLIND» directed by I. Daudi Stockholm, Sweden (published October 18, 2023)
  72. https://bridgesfilmfestival.com/en/ Portal: «BRIDGES International Film Festival» BIFF-2024 Sankt-Petersburg, Russian Federation
  73. https://filmfreeway.com/IliyasDaudi ILIYAS DAUDI: Filmography & Awards
  74. https://filmfreeway.com/projects Projects: «SULTONI QALBAM» (2024) Hymn of Love
  75. https://swedenfilmawards.se/the-betrothed/ «THE BETROTHED» song is an Epic Anthem of love of the entire Iranian world, widely popular in the expanses of Central and South Asia
  76. https://stockholmcityfilmfestival.se/sultoni-qalbam-2024-hymn-of-love/ «Best Music Video» — song «Sultoni Qalbam», is an Epic Anthem of Love

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