Kizlyar raid was a military offensive followed by a large-scale hostage taking by the Chechen separatists in January 1996 during the First Chechen War against Russia. The raid culminated in a fierce battle for the border village of Pervomaiskoye. The Republic of Dagestan (Russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н) is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... Kizlyar IE, ООО ПП Кизляр. Russian knife company. ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Capital Grozny Area - total - % water Ranked 80th - 15,300 km² - negligible Population - Total - Density Ranked 49th - est. ... This article covers the Chechen people as an ethnic group, not Chechen meaning citizens of Chechnya. ... Political separatism is a movement to obtain sovereignty and split a territory or group of people (usually a people with a distinctive national consciousness) from one another (or one nation from another; a colony from the metropolis). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Combatants Russian Federation Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Commanders Pavel Grachev Aslan Maskhadov Strength Peaking at 45,000 3,000 regulars, thousands of irregulars The First Chechen War (Russian: первая чеченская война) occurred when Russian forces attempted to stop the southern republic of Chechnya from seceding in a two year period lasting from 1994...

Raid

On January 9, 1996 allegedly on Dzhokhar Dudayev's order, Salman Raduyev's "Lone Wolf" group launched a copycat raid of the Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis on the helicopter military airfield and later a civilian hospital in Kizlyar, Dagestan. January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Dzhokar Dudayev Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudaev (Джоха́р Муса́евич Дуда́ев, 15 February 1944 – 21 April 1996) was a Chechen leader, the first (separatist) president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, a... Salman Raduyev (or Raduev, Russian: Салман Радуев; February 13, 1967 — December 14, 2002) was a Chechen rebel leader. ... The term copycat (also written as copy-cat or copy cat) refers to the tendency of humans to duplicate the behavior of others, as expressed in the saying, monkey see, monkey do. ... The Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis was an incident from 14 June to 19 June 1995, when Chechen separatists led by Shamil Basayev seized a hospital in the southern Russian city Budyonnovsk and took over 1,500 hostages. ... The Bell 206 of Canadian Helicopters Robinson Helicopter Company (USA) R44, a four seat development of the R22 A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors. ... An Airbase, sometimes referred to as a military airport or airfield, provides basing and support of military aircraft. ... In times of armed conflict a civilian is any person who is not a combatant. ... A physician visiting the sick in a hospital. ... Kizlyar IE, ООО ПП Кизляр. Russian knife company. ... The Republic of Dagestan IPA: (Russian: ), older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ...

A field commander Hunkarpasha Israpilov later said that he took over command of the operation from Raduyev after the latter failed in his mission to destroy the airbase. [1] An Airbase, sometimes referred to as a military airport or airfield, provides basing and support of military aircraft. ...

Rebel fighters led by Raduyev destroyed several helicopters at the Kizlyar military base and then entered the town, where they took some 1,500 to 3,000 hostages at a local hospital. All but about 120 were released after a day, but the rebels were using the remaining hostages as a human shields in an attempt to go back to Chechnya. A military base is a facility, settlement, reservation, or installation that shelters military equipment and personnel. ... A hostage is an entity which is held by a captor in order to compel another party to act or refrain from acting in a particular way. ... Human shield is a military and political term describing the presence of civilians in or around combat targets to deter an enemy from attacking those targets. ... Capital Grozny Area - total - % water Ranked 80th - 15,300 km² - negligible Population - Total - Density Ranked 49th - est. ...

Ambush and siege of Pervomaiskoye

The rebels then headed in the direction of Chechnya but were halted near the border with Chechnya when Russian helicopter gunships fired on their convoy of 11 buses and two trucks on the border. A group of Novosibirsk OMON policemen who escorted the convoy and were caught in a crossfire surrendered to the rebels. The Chechens rushed for cover with the hostages to the nearby village of Pervomaiskoye (Pervomayskoye) and entrenched themselves. Combatants Russian Federation Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Commanders Pavel Grachev Aslan Maskhadov Strength Peaking at 45,000 3,000 regulars, thousands of irregulars The First Chechen War (Russian: первая чеченская война) occurred when Russian forces attempted to stop the southern republic of Chechnya from seceding in a two year period lasting from 1994... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Kizlyar IE, ООО ПП Кизляр. Russian knife company. ... The Republic of Dagestan IPA: (Russian: ), older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... Official language Chechen Capital Grozny (Dzhokhar, after 1996) President Doku Umarov Independence  â€“ Declared  â€“ Recognition From Russia  â€“ November 1, 1991  â€“ Georgian Republic National anthem Death or Freedom The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (Нохчийн Республика Нохчийчоь) is the unrecognized secessionist government of Chechnya. ... Salman Raduyev (or Raduev, Russian: Салман Радуев; February 13, 1967 — December 14, 2002) was a Chechen rebel leader. ... A helicopter gunship is a military helicopter armed for attacking targets on the ground, using automatic cannon and machinegun fire, rockets, and precision guided missiles such as the Hellfire. ... Official website: http://www. ... The OMON insignia OMON (Russian: Отряд милиции особого назначения; Otryad Militsii Osobogo Naznacheniya, Special Purpose Detachment of Militsiya) is a generic name for the system of special units of militsiya within the Russian and earlier the Soviet, Ministerstvo Vnutrennih Del (MVD; Ministry of Internal Affairs). ...

Some hostages were reportedly given weapons by Chechens. Russian President Boris Yeltsin spoke on national TV on details of the operation. He said that, according to his information, "38 snipers" were supposed to keep the terrorists in their sights while a smoke screen would be created for hostages to run away through. List of Presidents of Russia Boris Yeltsin1 (July 10, 1991 – December 31, 1999) two terms. ... Yeltsin redirects here. ... A U.S. Army Humvee laying a smoke screen A smoke-screen is a release of smoke in order to mask the movement or location of military units such as infantry, tanks or ships. ...

Russian special forces tried for three days to break into the village. After failing to do so, then Interior Minister Anatoly Kulikov and then Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Mikhail Barsukov, declaring that Raduyev's men had executed all of the hostages, ordered that the Russian forces open fire on the village with multiple rocket launchers. Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin also said that no hostages remained alive. Nevertheless, hostages were still alive and appealing desperately to the Russian security forces to cease firing on the village. Russian special forces showcasing their skills For the Swedish EBM band, see Spetsnaz (band). ... The Interior Minister is a member of a Cabinet in a Government. ... The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Росси́йск&#1086... BM-13 Katyusha RM-70 of the Polish Army A multiple rocket launcher is a type of unguided rocket artillery system, in use since the Second World War. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of a cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Viktor Stepanovich Chernomyrdin (Ви́ктор Степа́нович Черномы́рдин) (born April 9, 1938) is a Russian politician. ...

During the days when the Russian troops stormed Pervomaiskoye a large crowd of people, the relatives of the hostages, gathered near checkpoints located 10 kilometers from the settlement, as Dagestani police did not allow them to come nearer to the site. The people stood in silence and watched how the Russian troops bombarded the settlement where their relatives were supposedly being held.

Russian authorities have sought to minimize coverage of the crisis by keeping correspondents kilometers away from the scene, confiscating equipment, and using guard dogs and warning shots on some reporters. [2]

Breakout

On the eighth night, despite Interior Minister Kulikov's assurances that three rings of security forces had surrounded the village, Raduyev and his men managed to break out of the encirclement and escape, taking with them between about 20 Russian police hostages and some civilians. In the ensuing pursuit, many of the rebels and hostages were killed by a strafing attacks from the Mi-24 helicopters. Combatants Russian Federation Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Commanders Pavel Grachev Aslan Maskhadov Strength Peaking at 45,000 3,000 regulars, thousands of irregulars The First Chechen War (Russian: первая чеченская война) occurred when Russian forces attempted to stop the southern republic of Chechnya from seceding in a two year period lasting from 1994... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Republic of Dagestan IPA: (Russian: ), older spelling Daghestan, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation (a republic). ... The Russian Ground Forces (Russian: Сухопутные силы России) are the land forces of Russia, formed from parts of the collapsing Soviet Army in 1992. ... The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Росси́йск&#1086... The Interior Minister is a member of a Cabinet in a Government. ... A member of the OSNAZ MVD Rus team. ... Salman Raduyev (or Raduev, Russian: Салман Радуев; February 13, 1967 — December 14, 2002) was a Chechen rebel leader. ... For other uses of the term, see Special forces (disambiguation). ... Encirclement is a military term for the situation when one sides force or target is isolated and surrounded by other sides forces. ... Strafing (adaptation of German strafen – to punish) is the practice of shooting a machine gun from an airplane in flight, at objects or people on the ground. ... The Mil Mi-24 is a large combat helicopter gunship and low-capacity troop transport operated from 1976 by the Soviet Air Force, its successors, and over thirty other nations. ...

At the same time, another 200 to 300 guerrillas, sent by Dudayev, crossed the border from Chechnya. They attacked the Russian lines from behind and then briefly took over a schoolhouse in the neighboring village of Sovetskoye, just a few kilometers outside Pervomayskaya, in a diversionary attack to aid in the breakthrough. The relief column, like Salman Raduyev's detachment earlier this month, apparently made its way through Russian-patrolled areas of Chechnya and Dagestan. Russian military and law-enforcement officials accused the residents of two villages near Pervomaiskoye of having colluded with the relief force. In the terminology of the DEA, diversion is the use of prescription drugs for recreational purposes. ... For the band, see The Police. ...

According to former hostage Andrei Stepanenko, the majority of the Chechen fighters had escaped from encirclement early morning of January 18, with a number of wounded fighters being carried on stretchers, while some 20 seriously injured injured who could not be transported were left behind. They also took with them a large amount of weapons and ammunition, including a captured BM-21 Grad rocket battery. January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Russian forces finally captured a pulverized village full of the corpses of Chechen fighters, Dagestani civilians, and Russian soldiers. When the fighting was over, one Russian regular army soldier unintentionally hit a switch which launched his armored personnel carrier's cannon. The shell hit and blew up another armored vehicle, and its fragments landed on the elite Alpha Group team, as a result of which two commandos were killed and three injured. [3] In ordinary English, regular is an adjective or noun used to mean in accordance with the usual customs, conventions, or rules, or frequent, periodic, or symmetric. ... East German BRDMs on parade during celebrations of the 40th anniversary of East Germany in 1989 Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) are light armoured fighting vehicles for the transport of infantry. ... A member of the FSB Alpha Group, equipped with the silenced AS VAL assault rifle. ...

On January 19 Salman Raduyev proposed to exchange the police hostages for the seriously wounded fighters he had left behind. The Chechen command announced its readiness to turn over remaining civilian hostages to Dagestani authorities. January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Other hostage crises

Turkish authorities meanwhile copied effectively with the hijackers of the ferryboat Avrazya, captured January 16 by an armed group thought to number about a dozen Turkish citizens of Caucasus origin in support of the rebels besieged at Pervomaiskoye. Turkish authorities, in constant communication and negotiation with the captors, secured safe release of the captives (150 mostly Russian passengers and a Turkish crew) unharmed, and surrender of the gunmen without bloodshed. Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Stub | Crimes | Terrorism | IT ... The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and possibly their vehicles, on a relatively short-distance, regularly-scheduled service. ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ethnolinguistic patchwork of the modern Caucasus - CIA map Russia Georgia Azerbaijan (Azer. ...

In Chechnya's capital Grozny approximately 30 Russian employees of a power plant were kindapped in January 17. It was also reported that some 38 civilians, mostly Russian, had been kidnapped previous week in Chechnya's rebel-controlled Achkhoy-Martanovsky District and offered in exchange for Chechen fighters in Russian captivity and civilian Chechen inmates of Russian filtration camps. Their release was negotiated later this month. [4] Grozny or Groznyy (Russian: ) is the capital of the Chechen Republic in Russia. ... January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Casaulties

Raduyev's later indictment said 37 Russian soldiers and police officers as well as 41 civilians were killed during the raid. In the common law legal system, an indictment is a formal charge of having committed a serious criminal offence. ... A Norwegian soldier (a Corporal, armed with an MP-5) A soldier is a person who has enlisted with, or has been conscripted into, the armed forces of a sovereign country and has undergone training and received equipment to defend that country or its interests. ... For the band, see The Police. ...

Independent analysts estimated overall casualties at 96 Chechen fighters killed, 26 hostages killed, and about 200 Russian military killed and wounded. [5] The number of civilian casualties remained unknown because the Russian army did not permit journalists and independent observers access to the village during the attack and until after dead bodies of civilians were reportedly cleared from the streets by Russian soldiers. [6]

On January 27, 1996, 26 Chechen fighters, whose bodies were returned by Russian authorities through Dagestani intermediaries, were buried in the Tsotsin-Yurt village cemetery, considered a holy place because it holds the bodies of 400 Chechens killed fighting Russian forces in 1919. [7] January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Aftermath

Russian press accounts of the carnage (including those by Izvestiya corespondent Valery Yakov, who witnessed the fighting from inside Pervomaiskoye) described a chaotic, overmanned, and bungled Russian operation in Pervomaiskoye. Reports depicted an operation marked by great cruelty toward hostages and other civilians carried out by hungry, freezing, and drunken soldiers with old, malfunctioning equipment. FSB Director Mikhail Barsukov, who commanded the Pervomaiskoye operation, was derided by journalists at a Moscow briefing on January 21 when he provided the latest casualty numbers. The international organization Reporters without Borders publicly protested Russian security authorities' intimidation of the press at Pervomaiskoye and the Russian military authorities' ban on medical assistance to civilians and their refusal to allow evacuation of the wounded. [8] Izvestia (the name in Russian means news and is short for Izvestiya Sovetov Narodnykh Deputatov SSSR, Известия Советов народных депутатов С&#1057... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Reporters Without Borders, or RWB (French: Reporters sans frontières, Spanish: Reporteros Sin Fronteras, or RSF) is a French origin international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press, founded by its current general-secretary, Robert Menard. ...

Eleven captured guerrillas were granted amnesty by a special resolution of the Russian State Duma in exchange for 17 Novosibirsk policemen captured in Pervomaiskoye. [9] Look up Amnesty in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The word resolution has several meanings, depending on context. ... Emblem commemorating the 100 year anniversary of Russia Dumas Boris Gryzlov, speaker of the Russian State Duma since December 2003 The State Duma (Russian: Государственная дума (Gosudarstvennaya Duma), common abbreviation: Госдума (Gosduma)) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (legislature), the upper house being the Federation...

Captured during the Second Chechen War, Salman Raduyev was sentenced to life in prison in 2001. He died in prison colony in 2002. now. ... Life imprisonment is a term used for a particular kind of sentence of imprisonment. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A penal colony is a colony used to house prisoners. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

See also

• Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis
• Moscow theatre hostage crisis
• Beslan school hostage crisis

The Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis was an incident from 14 June to 19 June 1995, when Chechen separatists led by Shamil Basayev seized a hospital in the southern Russian city Budyonnovsk and took over 1,500 hostages. ... On Wednesday, October 23, 2002, 40 Chechen terrorists seized a crowded Moscow theatre, taking over 700 hostages and demanding the withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechenya. ... The Beslan school hostage crisis (also referred to as the Beslan school siege or Beslan Massacre) began when armed Muslim terrorists[1] took more than 1200 school children and adults hostage on September 1, 2004, at School Number One (SNO) in the Russian town of Beslan in North Ossetia. ...

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