✦ History

First Chechen War

December 11, 1994 – August 31, 1996

Result Chechen victory; see § Aftermath

Russian war against the self-declared Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Russian forces took Grozny at great cost but withdrew after the Khasavyurt Accord; tens of thousands of civilians died.

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Battles and events 9

December 12–22, 1994
Battle of Dolinskoye Chechen victory Dolinskiy
December 28, 1994
Battle of Khankala (1994) Russian victory Khankala
December 31, 1994 – February 8, 1995
Battle of Grozny (1994–1995) Russian victory Grozny Aslan Maskhadov, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Pavel Grachev
March 10, 1995 – May 24, 1996
Battle of Bamut Russian victory Vladimir Shamanov, Anatoly Kulikov
June 14–19, 1995
Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis Budyonnovsk Victor Chernomyrdin, Shamil Basayev
1996
Battle of Grozny (March 1996) Chechen strategic operational success & retreat Grozny Aslan Maskhadov, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Shamil Basayev
April 16, 1996
Shatoy ambush Chechen victory Yarysh-mardy Ruslan Gelayev
August 6–20, 1996
Battle of Grozny (August 1996) Chechen victory Grozny Aslan Maskhadov, Shamil Basayev, Ruslan Gelayev
1996
Khasavyurt Accord Khasavyurt Aslan Maskhadov

Key commanders

Russia 7

Boris Yeltsin belligerent leader, Ordered the invasion Pavel Grachev belligerent leader Constantine Pulikovsky military commander Anatoly Kulikov military commander Doku Zavgayev military commander Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov military commander Vladimir Shamanov military commander

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 5

Aslan Maskhadov belligerent leader Dzhokhar Dudayev belligerent leader Shamil Basayev military commander Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev belligerent leader Ruslan Gelayev military commander

Other 1

Victor Chernomyrdin negotiated the hostages' release with Shamil Basayev