Second Chechen War
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The Second Chechen War took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from August 1999 to April 2009
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Russian troops on their way to Grozny, 1999
Russian troops firing from
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First Chechen War
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The First Chechen War, also referred to as the First Russo-Chechen War, was a conflict between the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and the Russian Federation from 1994 to 1996. The conflict en
Second Chechen War
…independence ultimately led to Russian intervention in the republic, in which the Russians covertly tried to oust the government of Dzhokhar Dudayev. The First Chechen War began in 1994, when Russian forces entered Chechnya on the premise of restoring constitutional order. Following nearly two years of brutal fighting…
A Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter brought down by Chechen fighters near the Chechen capital of Grozny in 1994.
Dudayev's supporters pray in front of the Presidential Palace in Grozny, 1994
Chechen women praying for Russian troops not to advance on Grozny, December 1994
A Chechen fighter near the burned-out ruins of the Presidential Palace in Grozny, January 1995