1999 war in Dagestan

August 2 – September 14, 1999 · Dagestan

Result Russian victory

Chechen-based Islamist fighters under Shamil Basayev and Ibn al-Khattab invaded Dagestan. Russian forces drove them out, and the war led to the Second Chechen War.

On the map Contemporaries

Russia

Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade

Russia

Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade

Boris Yeltsin belligerent leader

Vladimir Putin belligerent leader

Sergei Stepashin belligerent leader

Strength and losses

Strength: 17,000

Units

Russian Airborne Forces Russian Ground Forces 136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division 108th Guards Kuban Cossack Air Assault Regiment 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment Russian Air Force

Also involved 6

Shamil Basayev participant
Igor Girkin participant
Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev participant
Vladimir Shamanov participant
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov participant
Rustam Muradov participant