Here's a look at Chechnya, a republic in southwestern Russia, in the Caucasus Mountains region. Chechnya is bordered by Russia, the country of Georgia, and the Russian republics of Dagestan and ...
_June 14, 1995: Chechen gunmen took 2,000 hostages at hospital in southern Russian town of Budyonnovsk, near Chechnya. After failed attempts at force, Russia negotiated hostages' release after week in ...
In August 1996, Chechen forces under Shamil Basayev recaptured Grozny in a surprise raid with just 1,500 fighters. The successful raid forced Moscow to negotiate the Khasavyurt Accord, which granted ...
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