Aslan Usoyan

Aslan Usoyan
Born
Aslan Rashidovich Usoyan

(1937-02-27)27 February 1937
Died16 January 2013(2013-01-16) (aged 75)
Moscow, Russia
Cause of deathAssassination
Other namesDed Hassan
CitizenshipRussian
Criminal status
Criminal chargeextortion
Penalty8 imprisonments
AccomplicesZakhariy Kalashov;

Datiko Tsikhelashvili;
Dzambo Dzambidze;

Shakro Kakachia

Aslan Rashidovich Usoyan (Georgian: ასლან რაშიდოვიჩ უსოიანი, Russian: Асла́н Раши́дович Усоя́н; 27 February 1937 – 16 January 2013), also known as Baba Gurgur and Grandpa Hassan ("Дед Хасан") or just Grandpa ("Дедушка"), was a Georgian-born Soviet-Russian crime boss of Yazidi Kurdish descent, who began his career operating in Georgia, continued in Moscow, Ural, Siberia, Uzbekistan, Krasnodar, Sochi, and other parts of the former Soviet Union. According to The Economist, he was 'reputed to be Russia's mafia boss'.