Wars

• First Chechen War
• Dagestan War
• Second Chechen War

Notable battles Combatants Russian Federation Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Commanders Pavel Grachev Anatoly Kulikov Konstantin Pulikovsky Anatoliy Romanov Vyacheslav Tikhomirov Gennady Troshev Dzhokhar Dudayev  â€  Aslan Maskhadov Strength (December 11, 1994) 20,000 Russian Army 20,000 MVD (December 11, 1994) 5,000–7,000 total[1] (1,000–3,000 regulars) Casualties... Combatants Russian Federation Daghestani militia Chechen rebels Shura of Dagestan Commanders Viktor Kazantsev Shamil Basayev Ibn al-Khattab Strength 17,000 unknown Casualties At least 279 dead and 987 wounded 2,500 dead The Dagestan War (in Russia called by the name Chechen invasion of Dagestan) began when Chechnya-based... Combatants Russian Federation Pro-Russian Chechens Republic of Ichkeria Caucasian insurgents and foreign fighters Commanders Vladimir Putin Akhmad Kadyrov† Ramzan Kadyrov Aslan Maskhadov† Abdul Halim Sadulayev† Doku Umarov Shamil Basayev† Strength At least 93,000 in Chechnya in 1999. ...

• Grozny (1994)
• Grozny (1994-1995)
• Grozny (1996)
• Grozny (1999-2000)

Other Combatants Provisional Council FSK Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Strength 1,200-4,000 men 50 tanks Casualties 500 KIA 200 POW (including 70 Russian mercenaries) 1 Su-25 4 helicopters 32 tanks destroyed 5 tanks captured Categories: | | | | ... Combatants Russian Federation Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Commanders Pavel Grachev Ivan Babichev Vadim Orlov Lev Rokhlin Vladimir Shamanov Viktor Vorobyov â€  Aslan Maskhadov Turpal-Ali Atgeriev Shamil Basayev Ruslan Gelayev Strength 60,000 in all (est. ... Combatants Russian Federation Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Commanders Konstantin Pulikovsky Doku Zavgayev Aslan Maskhadov Shamil Basayev Strength August 6: 15,000-20,000 August 6: 1,500-2,000 Casualties Official losses: 494 killed 182 missing 1,407 wounded More than 40 to 500 killed In the August 1996 battle... Combatants Russian Federation Ichkeria Commanders Viktor Kazantsev Mikhail Malofayev† Valentin Astaviyev Chechen loyalist militia: Beslan Gantamirov Aslan Maskhadov Aslambek Ismailov† Shamil Basayev Ruslan Gelayev Khunkarpasha Israpilov† Strength About 50,000 [1] Russian estimates [2] of 3,000[3] to 6,000[4] Casualties Official losses in Grozny: 368 killed (157...

• Khasav-Yurt accord
• Russian apartment bombings
• Hostage crises:
  • Buddyonovsk
  • Kizlyar
  • Moscow
  • Beslan

Second Chechen War A ceasefire agreement that marked the end of the First Chechen War was signed in Khasav-Yurt on August 30, 1996 between Alexander Lebed and Aslan Maskhadov. ... The Russian apartment bombings were a series of bombings in Russia that killed nearly 300 people and led the country into the Second Chechen War. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... The Republic of North Ossetia in Russia Terrorist attacks of the Second Chechen War Kaspiysk bombing - Moscow hostage crisis – Stavropol bombing - Red Square bombing - Moscow metro bombing - Aircraft bombings – Beslan hostage crisis The Beslan school hostage crisis (also referred to as the Beslan school siege or Beslan Massacre) began when...

• 1999 bombing campaign
• Assassinations
• Casualties
  • Aircraft losses
• Crimes and terrorism:
  • Mass graves
  • Suicide attacks
• Insurgency
  • Caucasian Front
• International response
• Federal government in Chechnya

Combatants: The 1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya was Russian Air Forces military operation against the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria that was a prelude to the main part of the Second Chechen War. ... This is a list of assassinations connected to the Second Chechen War, conducted by the Russian Federation secret agents and the Chechen separatist and North Caucasian rebels, as well as by an unknown assailants. ... The following figures are not confirmed by serious academic sources or researches. ... The following is a list of Russian aircraft losses in the Second Chechen War. ... The article details some of the most notorious human rights violations commited by the warring sides of the ongoing second war in Chechnya. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Between June 2000 and September 2004 Chechen insurgents added suicide attacks to their weaponry. ... This article details the incidents of guerilla warfare and counter insurgency in and around the republic of Chechnya since the official end of the main Russian offensive in April 2000. ... Caucasian Front is a structural unit of the rebel Chechen Republic of Ichkeria armed forces, formally established in May 2005 by the decree of the new Chechen rebel President, Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev. ... // There had been strong international condemnation of Russias threat to civilians to get out of the Chechen capital, Grozny, or be considered an enemy target and destroyed. ... // Russian President Vladimir Putin established direct rule of Chechnya in May 2000. ...

• Russian Federation
  • Russian Army (Ground Forces)
  • MVD (OMON, Internal Troops)
  • FSB and GRU
  • Special forces (OSNAZ, Spetsnaz)
• Republic of Chechnya (Kadyrovtsy)

Key leaders: Image File history File links Russia_coa. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (UTC) (Russian: Transliteration: Vooruzhyónniye síly Rossíyskoy Federátsii) is the military of Russia, established after the break-up of the Soviet Union. ... The Russian Ground Forces (Russian: ) are the land forces of the Russian Federation, formed from parts of the collapsing Soviet Army in 1992. ... Image File history File links Mvdgerb. ... Modern emblem of Russian MVD Russian Gendarme officers in the 1860s The Ministerstvo Vnutrennikh Del (MVD) (Министерство внутренних дел) was the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the imperial Russia, later USSR, and still bears the same name in Russia. ... 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 (state police) within the Russian and earlier the Soviet, Ministerstvo Vnutrennih Del (MVD; Ministry of Internal Affairs). ... Internal Troops (full name Internal Troops of the MVD), now called the Federal Guard are the 250,000 strong uniformed military mobile force of the Russian security forces (MVD) and are used to deal with major disturbances and internal security matters. ... Image File history File links Gerb_fsb. ... Image File history File links GRU_emblem. ... FSB The FSB (Federal Security Service) (Russian: ФСБ, Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности; Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti) is a domestic state security agency of the Russian Federation and the main successor of the Soviet Cheka, NKVD, and KGB. Its headquarters are in Lubyanka Square, Moscow. ... For other uses, see GRU (disambiguation). ... OSNAZ (Russian: [voiska] osobogo naznacheniya, ОСНАЗ = [войска] особого назначения, special purpose [detachments]) or ChON (Russian: chasti osobogo naznacheniya, ЧОН= Части особого назначения were special forces troops within the KGB (its predecessors and its successor, Federal Security Service) and the MVD. OSNAZ has always been shrouded in a veil of mystery and remains so even to this day. ... Russian special forces training For the Swedish EBM band, see Spetsnaz (band). ... The current coat of arms for the Chechen Republic. ... The Chechen Republic (IPA: ; Russian: , Chechenskaya Respublika; Chechen: , Noxçiyn Respublika), or, informally, Chechnya (; Russian: ; Chechen: , Noxçiyçö), sometimes referred to as Ichkeria, Chechnia, Chechenia or Noxçiyn, is a federal subject of Russia. ... Kadyrovtsy is a term used by the population of Chechnya – as well as members of the groups themselves - for members of the former so-called Security Service of the President of the Chechen Republic, headed by Ramzan Kadyrov, current prime minister of the republic. ...

• Boris Yeltsin †
• Vladimir Putin
• Doku Zavgayev
• Akhmad Kadyrov †
• Alu Alkhanov
• Ramzan Kadyrov

Combatants: Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin (Russian: ) (February 1, 1931 – April 23, 2007[1]) was the first president of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the current President of the Russian Federation. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chechen_Republic_before_2004. ... Doku Zavgaev (Zavgayev) is the former Soviet leader of the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chechnya. ... Akhmat Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov (Russian: Ахмат Абдулхамидович Кадыров (August 23, 1951 – May 9, 2004) was the president of the Chechen Republic (elected on October 5, 2003). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chechnya. ... Alu Alkhanov is the president of Russias Chechen Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chechnya. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

• Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
• Mujahideen

Key leaders: Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Official language Chechen Capital Grozny (Dzhokharabad, 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 IPA: (Нохчийн Республика Нохчийчоь) is the unrecognized secessionist government of Chechnya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_jihad. ... Mujahideen (Arabic: , ; Turkish: , literally strugglers) is a term for Muslims fighting in a war or involved in any other struggle. ...

• Dzhokhar Dudayev †
• Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev †
• Aslan Maskhadov †
• Abdul Halim Sadulayev †
• Doku Umarov
• Shamil Basayev †
• Khattab †
• Abu al-Walid †
• Abu Hafs al-Urduni †
• Muhannad