✦ History

First Chechen War

December 11, 1994 – August 31, 1996 · Grozny

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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Russia

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

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Russia
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Boris Yeltsin belligerent leader, Ordered the invasion Pavel Grachev belligerent leader Constantine Pulikovsky military commander Anatoly Kulikov military commander
Aslan Maskhadov belligerent leader Dzhokhar Dudayev belligerent leader Shamil Basayev military commander Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev belligerent leader Ruslan Gelayev military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
5,000–6,000
Killed
c. 10,000

Units

Russian Armed Forces Russian Airborne Forces Russian Ground Forces 4th Guards Tank Division 131st Separate Motor Rifle Brigade 136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 104th Guards Air Assault Division 106th Guards Airborne Division 120th Guards Naval Infantry Division 19th Motor Rifle Division 69th Guards Motor Rifle Division 76th Guards Air Assault Division 7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division 98th Guards Airborne Division 22nd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade 3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 74th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 108th Guards Kuban Cossack Air Assault Regiment 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment 331st Guards Airborne Regiment 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment 752nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment Russian Naval Infantry Russian Air Force
Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
27th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade

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Before and after

Followed from
Battle of Grozny (November 1994) November 26–27, 1994
Led to
Russia–Chechnya Peace Treaty May 12, 1997
Second Chechen War August 26, 1999 – April 16, 2009

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Battle of Grozny (November 1994)
 
First Chechen War
 
Russia–Chechnya Peace Treaty
 
Second Chechen War

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