After the initial campaign of 1994–1995, culminating in the devastating Battle of Grozny, Russian federal forces attempted to seize control of the rest of the lowlands and the mountainous area of Chechnya, but they faced heavy resistance from Chechen guerrillas and raids on the flatlands. The first war was preceded by the Russian Intervention in Ichkeria, in which Russia tried covertly to overthrow the Ichkerian government. The First Chechen War, also known as the First Russo-Chechen war, was a war of independence which the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria waged against the Russian Federation from December 1994 to August 1996. Anti-Chechen pogrom in Eastern Kazakhstan.Over 14,000 killed or missing ( excluding contractors & special units)ġ00,000-130,000 civilians killed (Bonner) Ĩ0,000–100,000 civilians killed (Human rights groups estimate) ģ0,000–40,000 civilians killed ( RFSSS data) Īt least 161 civilians killed outside Chechnya ĥ00,000+ civilians displaced Continuation of Chechnya's de facto independence until the second war.Chechnya and parts of Ingushetia, Stavropol Krai and Dagestan, Russia
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