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First Chechen War
Part of the Chechen–Russian conflict

A Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter brought down by Chechen fighters near the capital Grozny in 1994
Date11 December 1994 – 31 August 1996 (1 year, 8 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Location
Result

Chechen victory

Territorial
changes
Continuation of Chechnya's de facto independence, however de jure it remained a part of the Russian Federation
Belligerents
 Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Foreign mujahideen[1][2][3][4][2]
Ukrainian volunteers[5]
 Russian Federation
Commanders and leaders
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Dzhokhar Dudayev 
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Aslan Maskhadov
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Shamil Basayev
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Turpal-Ali Atgeriev
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Ruslan Gelayev
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Akhmed Zakayev
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Khunkar-Pasha Israpilov
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Vakha Arsanov
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Arbi Barayev
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Aslambek Abdulkhadzhiev
Oleksandr Muzychko
Fathi al-Jordani

Russia Boris Yeltsin
Russia Pavel Grachev

Commanders of Joint Group of Federal Forces in Chechnya:
Russia Alexei Mityukhin
Russia Anatoly Kulikov
Russia Anatoly Shkurko
Russia Vyacheslav Tikhomirov
Russia Vladimir Shamanov[6]
Strength
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 6,000
500–700[7]
Russia 38,000 (December 1994)
70,500 (February 1995)
Casualties and losses
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria 3,000 killed or missing Russia 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]
  1. ^ "TURKISH VOLUNTEERS IN CHECHNYA". The Jamestown Foundation.
  2. ^ a b Amjad M. Jaimoukha (2005). The Chechens: A Handbook. Psychology Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-415-32328-4.
  3. ^ Politics of Conflict: A Survey, p. 68, at Google Books
  4. ^ Energy and Security in the Caucasus, p. 66, at Google Books
  5. ^ Doroshenko, Sergei (5 October 2004). Украинские наемники в Чечне | Ukrainian mercenaries in Chechnya (in Russian). Segodnya.ru. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  6. ^ Galeotti, Mark (2014). Russia's War in Chechnya 1994–2009. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1782002796.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ a b "The War in Chechnya". MN-Files. Mosnews.com. 2007-02-07. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008.
  9. ^ a b Saradzhyan, Simon (2005-03-09). "Army Learned Few Lessons From Chechnya". Moscow Times.
  10. ^ Cherkasov, Alexander. "Book of Numbers, Book of Losses, Book of the Final Judgment". Polit.ru. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Human Rights Violations in Chechnya". Archived from the original on 2002-12-28. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  12. ^ 120 in Budyonnovsk, and 41 in Pervomayskoe hostage crisis
  13. ^ First Chechnya War – 1994–1996 GlobalSecurity.org