Mikhail Tolstykh
Mikhail Sergeyevich Tolstykh (Russian: Михаил Сергеевич Толстых; Ukrainian: Михайло Сергійович Толстих, romanized: Mykhailo Serhiiovych Tolstykh; 19 July 1980 – 8 February 2017), better known by his nom de guerre Givi (Гиви), was a Ukrainian separatist officer wanted for war crimes.[2][3][4][5] He was mainly known as the commander of the collaborationist Donetsk People's Republic's Somalia Battalion during the war in Donbas from 2014,[6] until his assassination in early 2017.[7]
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sergeyevich and the family name is Tolstykh.
Mikhail Tolstykh
Михаил Толстых
Михаил Толстых
Givi
19 July 1980
Ilovaisk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Donetsk People's Republic (2014–2017)
Ukrainian Ground Forces (1998–2000)
Donbass People's Militia (2014)
DPR 1st Army Corps (2014–2017)
1998–2000
2014–2017
