Ramzan Paskayev
Ramzan Paskayev (Chechen: Рамзан Паскаев) (born March 16, 1947 in Taraz, Kazakhstan) is a Chechen accordionist and folk musician. He is regarded by many as the contemporary successor to late Chechen accordionist Umar Dimayev.
Paskayev was born in Taraz to Chechen parents on March 16, 1947. His family been sent to Kazakhstanas a result of the forced deportations of the Chechens and Ingush to Central Asia on February 23, 1944. Ramzan’s father Sultan worked as a truck driver and gathered wheat on a collective farm to help support his family. Sultan had managed to bring a German accordion from his home in Chechnya, and during evenings the young Ramzan would constantly bother his father to play the accordion out of curiosity.