Background
Ghirei, Sultan Kelech, Prince was born in 1893 in the Caucasus.
Ghirei, Sultan Kelech, Prince was born in 1893 in the Caucasus.
During World War I, commander of a division of Caucasian volunteers (the Dikaia diviziia), which was involved in the first attempt to topple the Bolshevik government. Took part in the Civil War as a cavalry commander. Evacuated after the defeat of the Whites.
During World War II, joined anti-Stalin Cossack detachments in the German army. After the war, handed over to the Red Army in Austria. Sentenced to death in Moscow and hanged.