Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis

June 14–19, 1995 · Budyonnovsk

Chechen fighters led by Shamil Basayev took more than 1,500 hostages in a hospital in Budyonnovsk, southern Russia. Over 100 people died, and the crisis ended with talks that let the fighters return to Chechnya.

Key people

Participants

Strength and losses

All
Deaths 147
Wounded 415