The First Battle of Grozny was the Russian Army's invasion and subsequent conquest of the Chechen capital, Grozny, during the early months of the First...
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The November 1994 Battle of Grozny was a covert attempt by Russian Intelligence services to oust the Chechen government of Dzhokhar Dudayev, by seizing...
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capital Grozny in a surprise raid. The Russian Federation had conquered the city in a previous battle for Grozny that ended in February 1995 and subsequently...
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several battles of Grozny: Siege of Grozny (1917) by Chechen branch of Savage Division Siege of Grozny (1918) by Terek Cossacks Battle of Grozny (1919)...
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The 1999–2000 battle of Grozny was the siege and assault of the Chechen capital Grozny by Russian forces, lasting from late 1999 to early 2000. This siege...
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Aslan Maskhadov (category Heads of state of former countries)
the Chechen capital during the Battle of Grozny. Maskhadov commanded the city from the Presidential Palace in Grozny, where on one occasion a Russian...
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The Battle of Dolinskoye (Dolinskoe, Dolinsky), which took place 25 kilometers northwest of the Chechen capital of Grozny, was the first major ground...
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battalion to carry out acts of sabotage" in retaliation for the Grozny missile attack. Basayev took responsibility for a series of suicide attacks in Chechnya...
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The Battle of Khankala was a failed attempt by the Chechen separatists to counterattack at the strategic position at Khankala from Grozny and Argun using...
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Vakha Arsanov (category Vice presidents of Chechnya)
the rank of Divisional General. He took part in the Battle of Dolinskoye, the Battle of Grozny, and others. After the Chechens retook Grozny in August...
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Akhmad Kadyrov (redirect from Assassination of akhmad kadyrov)
since July 2000. On 9 May 2004, he was assassinated by Chechen Islamists in Grozny, by a bomb blast during a Victory Day memorial parade. His son, Ramzan Kadyrov...
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bombing campaign. During the early phase of the 1994–1995 Battle of Grozny the palace was the primary objective of the disastrous New Year's Eve assault...
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Chechen capital Grozny to Shatoy and Vedeno in the southern mountains of Chechnya following the 1999–2000 siege and capture of Grozny. On 29 February...
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Dzhokhar Dudayev (category Heads of state of former countries)
Before the fall of Grozny, Dudayev abandoned the presidential palace, moved south with his forces and continued leading the war throughout 1995, reportedly...
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Alu Alkhanov (category Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia))
before becoming Deputy Head of the North Caucasus Transport Department of the former Chechen-Ingushetia government in Grozny in 1992. He was later promoted...
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Chechen War, Grozny was the site of an intense battle lasting from December 1994 to February 1995 and ultimately ending with the capture of the city by...
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Chechen Revolution (category Conflicts in territory of the former Soviet Union)
Khasbulatov welcomed the fall of Zavgayev as a "victory of democratic forces". On 11 September, a delegation from RSFSR flew to Grozny to mediate negotiations...
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began in December 1994, when Russian troops were sent to Chechnya to fight the separatist forces. During the Battle of Grozny (1994–95), the city's population...
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Second Battle of Grozny, also known as Operation Retribution, was a three-day surprise attack by Chechen fighters who stormed the capital city of Grozny that...
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First Chechen War (category Conflicts in 1995)
November 1994, during which Russia covertly sought to overthrow the new Chechen government. Following the intense Battle of Grozny in 1994–1995, which concluded...
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Republic of Chechnya. The book was also printed under the title Angel of Grozny: Orphans of a Forgotten War. Åsne Seierstad first visited Chechnya in 1994 (aged...
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Said-Magomed Kakiyev (category Heroes of the Russian Federation)
claimed his unit was the first to hoist the Russian flag in Grozny. During the March 2000 Battle of Komsomolskoye, forces commanded by Kakiyev managed to surround...
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following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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Beslan school siege (category History of North Ossetia–Alania)
boys were murdered in 2002 in Grozny by unidentified men in camouflage. Rizvan Vakhitovich Barchashvili (26) – Native of Nesterovskaya, a Cossack village...
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Dagestan), a village of some 5,000 residents before the war, was a southern suburb of the Chechen capital of Grozny, and hometown of the autonomous Chechen...
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Ibn al-Khattab (category Leaders of Islamic terror groups)
on 14 September 1999, Khattab told the Russian Interfax news agency in Grozny that he had nothing to do with the Moscow explosions; he was quoted as saying...
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Pavel Grachev (category Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union alumni)
launched the disastrous storming of Grozny while drunk during the celebrations of his 1 January birthday. As TIME commented in 1995: "Grachev had remarked recently...
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Ruslan Gelayev (category Deputy prime ministers of Chechnya)
1994-1995 defense of Chechnya's capital Grozny, for which he became one of the first to be awarded the Chechnya's highest medal Kioman Syi (Honor of the...
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Khasavyurt Accord (category Chechen Republic of Ichkeria)
included the demilitarisation of Grozny, the withdrawal of both Chechen and Russian forces from the city, and the establishment of a jointly-run command to...
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volunteers that fought in Chechnya and other parts of the North Caucasus. It was created by Fathi al-Urduni in 1995 during the First Chechen War, where it fought...
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