✦ History

Second Chechen War

August 26, 1999 – April 16, 2009

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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Battles and events 13

September 1999 – September 16, 1999
1999 Russian apartment bombings Moscow
October 7, 1999
Elistanzhi cluster bomb attack Elistanzhi
December 25, 1999 – February 6, 2000
Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) Russian victory Grozny Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, Aslan Maskhadov
February 4, 2000
Bombing of Katyr-Yurt
February 29 – March 1, 2000
Battle for Height 776 Chechen victory Argun Shamil Basayev
March 6–24, 2000
Battle of Komsomolskoye Russian victory Komsomolsky, Russia Ruslan Gelayev, Valery Gerasimov
June 22, 2001
Alkhan-Kala operation Russian victory
August 2001
Battle of Vedeno Chechen victory Vedeno Shamil Basayev
September 23–25, 2002
Battle of Galashki (2002) Russian victory Ruslan Gelayev, Valery Gerasimov
June 21–22, 2004
2004 Nazran raid Chechen victory Nazran Shamil Basayev
September 1–3, 2004
Beslan school siege School No. 1, Beslan Vladimir Putin, Shamil Basayev
2005
2005 Nalchik raid Russian victory Nalchik Shamil Basayev
July 21, 2007 – May 19, 2015
Insurgency in Ingushetia Ingushetia

Key commanders

Russia 6

Boris Yeltsin belligerent leader Vladimir Putin belligerent leader, Led the war Dmitry Medvedev belligerent leader Vladimir Shamanov military commander Sulim Yamadayev military commander Valery Gerasimov military commander

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 5

Aslan Maskhadov belligerent leader Shamil Basayev belligerent leader Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev military commander Ruslan Gelayev military commander Abdul-Halim Sadulayev military commander

Yarmuk Jamaat 1

Shamil Basayev military commander