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Guerrilla Phase Of The Second Chechen War (2001)
Timeline The Russian military stated that 499 Russian soldiers were killed in Chechnya in 2001. January *January 21, 2001- Chechen rebels fought street battles in Gudermes that left six Russian soldiers dead. *January 24, 2001 - 14 Russian soldiers were killed in Chechnya. *January 27, 2001 - 6 Russian servicemen have died and 13 have been wounded in fighting in Chechnya. The deaths come just days after Russia announced it would reduce its vast military deployment in Chechnya. February *February 14, 2001 - 12 soldiers were killed in the attacks on the Russian positions in Chechnya. *February 18, 2001 - Chechen rebels blew a Russian troop train of its tracks and killed 3. *February 23, 2001 - Despite stepped up security measures, Chechen rebels killed 3 Russian servicemen and wounded 5 on the day marking the anniversary of Joseph Stalin's 1944 deportation of the Chechen and Ingush peoples. March *March 18, 2001 - Chechen rebels killed at least 21 Russian troops. April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chechnya
Chechnya ( rus, Чечня́, Chechnyá, p=tɕɪtɕˈnʲa; ce, Нохчийчоь, Noxçiyçö), officially the Chechen Republic,; ce, Нохчийн Республика, Noxçiyn Respublika is a republic of Russia. It is situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, close to the Caspian Sea. The republic forms a part of the North Caucasian Federal District, and shares land borders with the country of Georgia to its south; with the Russian republics of Dagestan, Ingushetia, and North Ossetia-Alania to its east, north, and west; and with Stavropol Krai to its northwest. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Checheno-Ingush ASSR split into two parts: the Republic of Ingushetia and the Chechen Republic. The latter proclaimed the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, which sought independence. Following the First Chechen War of 1994–1996 with Russia, Chechnya gained ''de facto'' independence as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, although ''de jure'' it rem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruslan Alikhadzhyev
Ruslan Shamilevich Alikhadzhiev (russian: Руслан Алихаджиев) was a parliamentary speaker of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria who was forcibly disappeared by Russian forces in 2000. Life Alikhadzhiev was born in 1961 and fought in the First Chechen War as a field commander. In the years 1997-1999 he was the Chairman of the Parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. During the Second Chechen War he did not take an active part in hostilities and instead sought a negotiated end to the war on behalf of Chechen President Aslan Maskhadov. Forced disappearance On 17 May 2000, Alikhadzhiev was detained by a large group of uniformed Russian soldiers who arrived by armoured vehicles and helicopters at his home in Shali. Alikhadzhiyev, who was with his four minor children and was caring for a sick mother, did not resist; he was handcuffed, blindfolded and taken by an armoured vehicle to a location nearby, which is where he was last seen. Five more men were detained w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SCUD
A Scud missile is one of a series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was exported widely to both Second World, Second and Third World, Third World countries. The term comes from the NATO reporting name attached to the missile by Western intelligence agencies. The Russian names for the missile are the R-11 (the first version), and the R-17 (later R-300) Elbrus (later developments). The name Scud has been widely used to refer to these missiles and the wide variety of derivative variants developed in other countries based on the Soviet design. Scud missiles have been used in combat since the 1970s, mostly in wars in the Middle East. They became familiar to the Western public during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, when Ba'athist Iraq, Iraq fired dozens at Israel and Saudi Arabia. In Russian service it is being replaced by the 9K720 Iskander. Development The first use of the term ''Scud'' was in the NATO name SS-1b Scud-A, applied to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle For Vedeno (2001)
The Battle of Vedeno was fought between Russian federal forces and Chechen rebels for control of the mountainous Vedensky District in southeastern Chechnya and its capital Vedeno. Battle The battle started on 13 August 2001, when Chechen rebels seized the village of Benoi-Yurt, attacked the local military commandant's office, and placed checkpoints on a strategic road that leads further south to the town of Vedeno. Pro-Moscow administrators were reportedly killed by the rebels. Fierce fighting continued the next day on 14 August, described as the "heaviest attack by Chechen fighters in the past seventeen months." Russian sources denied reports by independent agencies, claiming that the situation was under control; however, federal reinforcements were immediately sent to the area. Russian presidential spokesman Sergei Yastrzhembsky called the latest developments "an imitation of activity by 'the gangs'." The Russian army began firing SCUD missiles at Vedeno on 15 August. Mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedensky District
Vedensky District (russian: Веде́нский райо́н; ce, Веданан кӏошт, ''Vedanan khoşt'') is an administrativeDecree #500 and municipalLaw #14-RZ district (raion), one of the fifteen in the Chechen Republic, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a '' selo'') of Vedeno. Population: 23,390 ( 2002 Census); The population of Vedeno accounts for 8.7% of the district's total population. Healthcare Severe health problems in the district are interlinked with the critical socio-economic situation in the region. As of 2005, access to district health services remains a problem due to the presence of federal and Chechen law enforcement and on-going military activities in the area. In 1999, it was reported that the influx of refugees to the district led to the rise of the population in the area from 30,000 before fighting began to about 90,000 according to reports from Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assinovskaya
Assinovskaya (russian: Ассиновская, ce, Эха-Борзе, ''Exa-Borze'') is a rural locality (a ''stanitsa'') in Sunzhensky District, Chechnya. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Assinovskaya is incorporated as Assinovskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it. Geography The village of Assinovskaya is located on the left bank of the Assa River (hence the name). It is located south of the village of Sernovodskoye and west of the city of Grozny. The nearest settlements to Assinovskaya are Sernovodskoye in the north, Novy Sharoy in the east, Achkhoy-Martan in the south-east, Bamut in the south, and Berd-Yurt and Nesterovskaya in the west. History The village of Assinovskaya was founded in 1847 on the land of the Karabulak aul of Akh-Borzoy. According to official maps at the time, the aul and the village existed simultaneously, so on the map of the for 1871, there are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sernovodsk
Sernovodskoye (russian: Серноводское, ce, Эна-Хишка, ''Ena-Xişka'') is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Sernovodsky District, Chechnya. Population: The republican balneological resort "Sernovodsk-Kavkazsky" is located in the village. Administrative and municipal status Municipally, Sernovodskoye is incorporated as Sernovodskoye rural settlement. It is the administrative center of the municipality and is the only settlement included in it. It is also the administrative center of the Chechen section of Sunzhensky District, one of the 3 settlements included in the district. Geography Sernovodskoye is located at the foot of the southern slope of the Sunzhensky Ridge. It is located on both banks of the Sunzha River, east of the city of Sunzha and west of the city of Grozny. The nearest settlements to Sernovodskoye are Nagornoye in the north, the city of Sunzha in the west, Assinovskaya in the south, and the villages of Davydenko, Novy Sharoy, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alkhan-Kala Operation
The Alkhan-Kala operation was a ''zachistka'' (russian: зачистка) operation by Russian forces in Alkhan-Kala, Chechnya, starting on 25 June 2001, during the Second Chechen War. The week-long sweep of Alkhan-Kala erupted into armed clashes with Chechen separatists, and the initial raid resulted in the death of Arbi Barayev, a high-ranking Chechen insurgent commander and organized crime leader. Background The Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (Chechnya) had been ''de facto'' independent from Russia since the beginning of the First Chechen War in 1994. During this independence the secular government weakened, and Chechnya came under the increasing influence of warlords and Islamist rule. In August 1999, the War of Dagestan began when Chechen Islamists invaded the Russian state of Dagestan, but were defeated by the Russian military in a month. The War of Dagestan was used as a ''casus belli'' to trigger the Second Chechen War, when Russian federal troops entered Chechnya and ended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arbi Barayev
Arbi Alautdinovich Barayev ( ce, Арби Алаутдинович Бараев; 27 May 1974 – 22 June 2001) was a Chechen warlord and terrorist, who in 1996 became the founder and first leader of the Special Purpose Islamic Regiment (SPIR) in Chechnya. Nicknamed The Terminator, Barayev and the SPIR were regarded as one of the main violent criminal organizations operating in Chechnya during the lawless interwar period that followed the 1994–1996 First Chechen War, driving out foreign journalists and humanitarian workers, while undermining the presidency of Aslan Maskhadov during Chechnya's ''de facto'' independence until 1999. After the restoration of Russian control, Barayev openly lived in his home village until he was killed on 22 June 2001. Biography Early life Arbi Alautdinovich Barayev was born on 27 May 1974, in Alkhan-Kala, Chechen–Ingush ASSR, Soviet Union. Barayev was a martial arts fan in his youth, and became a police officer in 1990 at the age of jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
