First Chechen War | |||||||||
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Part of the Chechen–Russian conflict | |||||||||
A Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter brought down by Chechen fighters near the capital Grozny in 1994 | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Foreign mujahideen [1] [2] [3] [4] [2] Ukrainian volunteers [5] | Russian Federation | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Dzhokhar Dudayev
† Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev Aslan Maskhadov Shamil Basayev Turpal-Ali Atgeriev Ruslan Gelayev Akhmed Zakayev Khunkar-Pasha Israpilov Vakha Arsanov Arbi Barayev Aslambek Abdulkhadzhiev Oleksandr Muzychko Fathi al-Jordani |
Commanders of Joint Group of Federal Forces in Chechnya: Alexei Mityukhin Anatoly Kulikov Anatoly Shkurko Vyacheslav Tikhomirov Vladimir Shamanov [6] | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
6,000 500–700 [7] |
38,000 (December 1994) 70,500 (February 1995) | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
3,000 killed or missing |
14,000 soldiers killed or missing (
CSMR estimate) 17,892 [8]–52,000 [9] wounded 1,906 [8]–3,000 [9] missing 5,732 soldiers killed or missing (Russian official figure) | ||||||||
30,000–40,000 civilians killed (
RFSSS data)
[10] 80,000 civilians killed (Human rights groups estimate) [11] At least 161 civilians killed outside Chechnya [12] 500,000+ civilians displaced [13] |
First Chechen War | |||||||||
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Part of the Chechen–Russian conflict | |||||||||
A Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter brought down by Chechen fighters near the capital Grozny in 1994 | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Foreign mujahideen [1] [2] [3] [4] [2] Ukrainian volunteers [5] | Russian Federation | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Dzhokhar Dudayev
† Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev Aslan Maskhadov Shamil Basayev Turpal-Ali Atgeriev Ruslan Gelayev Akhmed Zakayev Khunkar-Pasha Israpilov Vakha Arsanov Arbi Barayev Aslambek Abdulkhadzhiev Oleksandr Muzychko Fathi al-Jordani |
Commanders of Joint Group of Federal Forces in Chechnya: Alexei Mityukhin Anatoly Kulikov Anatoly Shkurko Vyacheslav Tikhomirov Vladimir Shamanov [6] | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
6,000 500–700 [7] |
38,000 (December 1994) 70,500 (February 1995) | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
3,000 killed or missing |
14,000 soldiers killed or missing (
CSMR estimate) 17,892 [8]–52,000 [9] wounded 1,906 [8]–3,000 [9] missing 5,732 soldiers killed or missing (Russian official figure) | ||||||||
30,000–40,000 civilians killed (
RFSSS data)
[10] 80,000 civilians killed (Human rights groups estimate) [11] At least 161 civilians killed outside Chechnya [12] 500,000+ civilians displaced [13] |