[tml] Compagno ucciso dai nazisti a S. Pietroburgo (Russia)
Timur Kacharava
21.08.1985 - 13.11.2005
Timur was an active member of St. Petersburg's hardcore punk and anarchist
community, and our dear friend. On the evening of November 13, Timur became the
victim of a nazi attack. After a Food Not Bombs action on Vladimirskaya square
Timur and a few other kids went to a Bukvoyed bookshop on Ligovsky prospect.
Around 7 p.m. he and his friend Max "Zgibov" Zgibai were smoking outside when
they were attacked by a group of 8 to 10 nazis. Timur suffered multiple stab
wounds in the neck. Zgibov is in the hospital in a stable condition with five
stab wounds.
The ambulance arrived in about ten minutes. By then Timur was dead due to heavy
blood loss. Zgibov was taken to the Mariinsky Hospital. The police are
investigating the incident; they have some suspects. There's a graffiti on the
wall next to the place where Timur was murdered, and there are candles,
pictures, and flowers his friends placed as a tribute.
Timur was a founding member of the St. Petersburg political hardcore punk band
Sandinista! which formed in 2003. He was the musical leader, writing most of
the music and playing lead guitar. The band's debut s/t MCD is to be released
on Moscow's Old Skool Kids Records; the same label released a DVD of Old Skool
Kids Fest in September 2004 which features several songs by Sandinista! In the
Summer of 2005 Timur also joined the local d-beat hardcore band Distress. He
returned to St. Petersburg from a Scandinavian tour with Distress just a few
days before being murdered.
Timur took an active part in the anarchist activities in the city, such as Food
Not Bombs group and Epithcenter infoshop. He was also active in day-to-day
confrontation with nazis in the streets. He was a fourth year student of
philosophy in St. Petersburg State University, and a committed vegan.
Zgibov was Timur's bandmate in Sandinista! In 2004-2005. Before that Zgibov
played bass in hardcore punk band Svinokop and also is a singer and bassist in
grind band Potom Budet Pozdno, along with running his own tape label Ni
Esperas.
For U.S. readers: Timur is seen on the Out Cold live in St. Petersburg DVD
dancing, and his voice saying "Old school hardcore isn't about windmills, dude"
is in fact heard as the intro to the film.
He will be loved and remembered by everyone who knew him. He is especially
missed by his parents and girlfriend Lyubava.
Sandinista! website:
http://www.myspace.com/sandinistaxspbhc
some photos of timur:
http://www.ljplus.ru/img/x/s/xsleeptalkerx/timur.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b175/unlike_you/1.jpg
http://www.dyke.a10ne.net/ftz/AGONIA/IMG_8029.jpg
http://www.ljplus.ru/img/a/m/ammorfis/san.jpg
http://news.ntv.ru/home/news/20051114/ubiystvo.jpg
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