Second Chechen War

August 26, 1999 – April 16, 2009 · Grozny

Result Russian victory

Russia reconquered Chechnya after Chechen-based fighters invaded Dagestan and apartment bombings killed hundreds in Russia. The war made Vladimir Putin, then prime minister, popular, and ended with a pro-Moscow government under Ramzan Kadyrov.

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Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

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Russia

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Boris Yeltsin belligerent leader

Vladimir Putin belligerent leader, Led the war

Dmitry Medvedev belligerent leader

Vladimir Shamanov military commander Sulim Yamadayev military commander

Aslan Maskhadov belligerent leader

Shamil Basayev belligerent leader

Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev military commander Ruslan Gelayev military commander Abdul-Halim Sadulayev military commander

Strength and losses

Casualties: 6,000–14,000

Casualties: 3,500–14,000

Killed: c. 8,000

Units

58th Guards Combined Arms Army Russian Airborne Forces Russian Ground Forces 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division 4th Guards Tank Division 131st Separate Motor Rifle Brigade 136th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 106th Guards Airborne Division 120th Guards Naval Infantry Division 19th Motor Rifle Division 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division 2nd Guards 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 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade 3rd Guards Spetsnaz Brigade 45th Guards Spetsnaz Brigade 74th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade 104th Guards Air Assault Regiment 108th Guards Kuban Cossack Air Assault Regiment 234th Guards Air Assault Regiment 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment 331st Guards Airborne Regiment 423rd Guards Yampolsky Motor Rifle Regiment 56th Guards Air Assault Regiment Russian Naval Infantry Russian Air Force

Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

27th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade 141st Special Motorized Regiment

Battles and events 13

1999 Russian apartment bombings September 1999 – September 16, 1999
Elistanzhi cluster bomb attack October 7, 1999
Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) December 25, 1999 – February 6, 2000 · Russian victory
Bombing of Katyr-Yurt February 4, 2000
Battle for Height 776 February 29 – March 1, 2000 · Chechen victory
Battle of Komsomolskoye March 6–24, 2000 · Russian victory
Alkhan-Kala operation June 22, 2001 · Russian victory
Battle of Vedeno August 2001 · Chechen victory
Battle of Galashki (2002) September 23–25, 2002 · Russian victory
2004 Nazran raid June 21–22, 2004 · Chechen victory
Beslan school siege September 1–3, 2004
2005 Nalchik raid 2005 · Russian victory
Insurgency in Ingushetia July 21, 2007 – May 19, 2015

Before and after

Followed from: First Chechen War December 11, 1994 – August 31, 1996

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Also involved 12

Igor Girkin participant
Ivan Popov participant
Arsen Pavlov participant
Anatoly Khrulyov participant
Yunus-bek Yevkurov participant · Russia
Valery Gerasimov participant
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov participant
Sergei Surovikin participant
Mikhail Teplinsky participant
Vyacheslav Borisov participant
Rustam Muradov participant
Alexander Lapin participant