On December 11, 1994, exactly 15 years ago, units of the Russian Defense Ministry and Interior Ministry crossed the administrative border with the Chechen... 11.12.2009, Sputnik International
On December 11, 1994, exactly 15 years ago, units of the Russian Defense Ministry and Interior Ministry crossed the administrative border with the Chechen Republic. The first Chechen campaign began and declared to restore constitutional order in Chechnya.
On December 11, 1994, exactly 15 years ago, units of the Russian Defense Ministry and Interior Ministry crossed the administrative border with the Chechen Republic. The first Chechen campaign began and declared to restore constitutional order in Chechnya.
On December 11, 1994, exactly 15 years ago, units of the Russian Defense Ministry and Interior Ministry crossed the administrative border with the Chechen Republic. The first Chechen campaign began and declared to restore constitutional order in Chechnya. Photo: December 11, 1994. Russian Army tank units entering Chechnya.
The events which led to an armed conflict began to develop in the fall of 1991 when Chechen leaders proclaimed state sovereignty and their republic’s secession from the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union. Over the following three years, Chechen authorities dissolved Soviet institutions of state authority, annulled Russian legislation and moved to establish the Chechen Armed Forces headed by Commander-In-Chief, Chechen President and former Soviet Air Force General Dzhokhar Dudayev, left.
The Chechen Armed Forces took possession of small firearms and military equipment abandoned in Chechnya after the break-up of the Soviet Union. Photo: December 11, 1994. A militant in Chechnya.
Russian leaders said regional threats and the threat of international terrorism were emanating from Chechnya. On December 9, 1994, Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed a decree “On Measures to Thwart the Activity of Illegal Paramilitary Units on the Territory of the Chechen Republic and in the Ossetian-Ingush Conflict Zone.” An operation to restore constitutional order in Chechnya was launched on December 11, 1994. Photo: Russian federal forces in Grozny.
Hostilities raged in the Chechen Republic for almost two years. Photo: Russian soldiers sitting near a bonfire during a lull in the fighting in Chechnya.
According to official records, Russian federal forces lost 4,103 soldiers killed in action, 1,906 were missing in action and 19,794 wounded in action. Photo: Soldiers of the Russian Interior Ministry’s Internal Troops patrolling the Chernorechye district in Grozny.
The second Chechen campaign began after the units of Shamil Basayev and Arab mercenary Khattab invaded Dagestan in the summer of 1999. Federal forces launched a counter-terrorist operation that lasted for almost ten years. The counter-terrorist operation regime was ended on April 16, 2009. Virtually all insurgent leaders were killed during the second Chechen campaign. Photo: Soldiers of the Interior Ministry’s Internal Troops mopping up the Chernorechye district in Grozny.
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