05.04.2009 00:36 | He defended his republic
 Micro-district Shanghai is situated in the southwestern part of Tskhinval. Military Georgian aggression had grave consequences in this outskirt, which borders on village Nikozi. They were shooting at the uptown from Nikozi village. On August, 9th Georgian armoured cars and the infantry entered Shanghai. Their criminal actions gave civilian population the creeps.
Vadim Gussalov during the Georgian aggression at the beginning of nineties joined the colours voluntarily. Since 1991 he was in people's volunteer corps. He became a platoon leader. At night from the 7th to the 8th of August, when the attack of Tskhinval began, Vadim was on the post which bordered on village Nikozi, where strong enemy forcers concentrated. From this village Georgians barraged the uptown and fired at Ossetian volunteer corps’ positions. During the fighting he was shot in the leg: the bullet cut down a finger on his right hand.
He made the way to the base of peacemakers where they gave him first aid. When the wound was dressed he came to see his family. Vadim`s family lived at Herzen Street. “We were taking cover in a basement, there were our neighbours together with us there, about 17 persons altogether. –Vadim`s wife Madina Plieva says. - Vadim made sure everything was OK with us and with wounded arm returned on the firing line”.
It was difficult for him to handle a weapon without a finger on the right hand. Vadim needed medical treatment. The nurse, who dressed his wound in the staff of peacemakers, recommended him to go immediately to the hospital, but he did not go. In the afternoon of August, 9 the Georgian tanks entered Shanghai area. It was difficult for not numerous citizen soldiers to withstand them and they had to drop back. They were going to take new positions. Vadim tried to creep across the kitchen gardens to the other place, but at this moment Georgian invaders shot him.
On August, 11 Vadim Gussalov was temporarily buried in a kitchen garden. A few days later he was reburied. He was 44 years old. He had wife and eleven-year-old son.
There are still many killed and wounded people, destroyed and burnt houses. There are also missing persons there.
Sergey Gazzayev
Translated by Tatiana Inozemtseva
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