| 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 | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
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6,000 500–700[7] |
38,000 (December 1994) 70,500 (February 1995) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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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) | ||||||||
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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] | |||||||||
- ^ "TURKISH VOLUNTEERS IN CHECHNYA". The Jamestown Foundation.
- ^ a b Amjad M. Jaimoukha (2005). The Chechens: A Handbook. Psychology Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-415-32328-4.
- ^ Politics of Conflict: A Survey, p. 68, at Google Books
- ^ Energy and Security in the Caucasus, p. 66, at Google Books
- ^ Doroshenko, Sergei (5 October 2004). Украинские наемники в Чечне | Ukrainian mercenaries in Chechnya (in Russian). Segodnya.ru. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ Galeotti, Mark (2014). Russia's War in Chechnya 1994–2009. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1782002796.
- ^ "The radicalisation of the Chechen separatist movement: Myth or reality?". The Prague Watchdog. 16 May 2007. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ a b "The War in Chechnya". MN-Files. Mosnews.com. 2007-02-07. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008.
- ^ a b Saradzhyan, Simon (2005-03-09). "Army Learned Few Lessons From Chechnya". Moscow Times.
- ^ Cherkasov, Alexander. "Book of Numbers, Book of Losses, Book of the Final Judgment". Polit.ru. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Human Rights Violations in Chechnya". Archived from the original on 2002-12-28. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
- ^ 120 in Budyonnovsk, and 41 in Pervomayskoe hostage crisis
- ^ First Chechnya War – 1994–1996 GlobalSecurity.org