Rite of Passage: The Russian T-80 and Its Test Run in the First Chechen War Here’s What You Need to Remember: Over 5,000 T-80 tanks were produced, with 400-500 T-80U, T-80BV, and recently ...

In December 1994, Russian troops launched a brutal and eventually unsuccessful military campaign against Chechen rebels, effectively beginning the First Chechen War. Thirty years later and two ...

First Chechen War > Year(s): 1994-1996. As a result of the First Chechen War, Chechnya gained greater autonomy from Russia and formed the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

December 11th will mark 30 years since the beginning of the First Chechen war. The initial Russian assault on Chechnya signaled not just the start of a merciless conflict that killed tens of ...

The first conflict erupted in 1994. The second Chechen war began in 1999 and culminated in a siege by Russian troops of Grozny, the Chechen capital, which was devastated by heavy Russian bombardment.

In “Putin Wants Ukraine Back in the U.S.S.R.” (op-ed, Dec. 30), David Satter cites an anonymous “high official” to the effect that the First Chechen War began because Russian President ...

On the 30th anniversary of the first Chechen war that became a turning point in Russia's modern history, VOA Russian interviewed Abubakar Yangulbayev, the 32-year-old outspoken exiled Chechen ...

Rival Chechen fighters take war to battlefields of Ukraine. Aug 26, 2022, 10:57 PM | Updated: Aug 27, 2022, 11:05 am. A volunteer soldier ...