Battle of Grozny (1994–1995)
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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 Chechen War. The attack would last from December
Two Chechen militia fighters take cover behind a burned-out Russian BMP-2 armoured vehicle
A Chechen fighter during the Battle of Grozny, January 1995
Road from Khankala ("Group East" route)
A Chechen civilian prays in Grozny, January 1995. The flame in the background is coming from a gas pipeline hit by air-burst shrapnel.
Dzhokhar Dudayev
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Dzhokhar Musayevich Dudayev was a Chechen politician, revolutionary and military leader of the 1990s Chechen independence movement from Russia. He served as the first president of the Chechen Republic
Battle of Grozny (1994–1995)
…March 1995, which resulted in the military occupation of the city by the Russian Army and rallied most of the Chechen nation around the government of Dzhokhar Dudayev. The initial assault resulted in considerable Russian casualties and demoralization in the Russian forces. It took another two months of heavy fighting…
Dudayev in 1991
Memorial plaque in Tartu
Dzhokhar Dudayev Monument in Vilnius, Lithuania.
House number on Dzhokhar Dudayev avenue in Riga, Latvia.