First Chechen War

Part of Chechen–Russian conflict

Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter brought down by Chechen fighters near the capital Grozny in 1994

Date

11 December 1994 – 31 August 1996
(1 year, 8 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)

Location

Chechnya and parts of Ingushetia, Stavropol Krai and Dagestan, Russia

Result

Khasav-Yurt Accord

Withdrawal of Russian federal troops from Chechnya by the end of December 1996
Continuation of Chechnya's de facto independence, however de jure it remained a part of the Russian Federation

Belligerents

Russia

Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Foreign mujahideen

Commanders and leaders

Boris Yeltsin
Pavel Grachev

Commanders of Joint Group of Federal Forces in Chechnya:

Alexei Mityukhin

Anatoly Kulikov

Anatoly Shkurko

Vyacheslav Tikhomirov

Vladimir Shamanov

Dzhokhar Dudayev

Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev

Strength

38,000 (December 1994)
70,500 (February 1995)

6,000 (CRI claim) 20,000–40,000 (Russian claim) 500–700

Casualties and losses

Military:
5,732 killed or missing (Russian official figure)
14,000 killed or missing (CSMR estimate)
Civilian:
At least 161 killed outside Chechnya

Military:
3,000 killed or missing (CRI claim)
17,391 killed or missing (Russian claim)
Civilian:
30,000–40,000 (RFSSS data)

80,000 killed (Human rights groups estimate)

Khasav-Yurt Accord

Boris Yeltsin
Pavel Grachev

Military:
3,000 killed or missing (CRI claim)
17,391 killed or missing (Russian claim)
Civilian:
30,000–40,000 (RFSSS data)

The First Chechen War, also known as the War in Chechnya, was a conflict between the Russian Federation and the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, fought from December 1994 to August 1996. After the initial campaign of 1994–1995, culminating in the devastating Battle of Grozny, Russian federal forces attempted to seize control of the mountainous area of Chechnya but were set back by Chechen guerrilla warfare and raids on the flatlands despite Russia's overwhelming manpower, weaponry, and air support. The resulting widespread demoralization of federal forces and the almost universal opposition of the Russian public to the conflict led Boris Yeltsin's government to declare a ceasefire with the Chechens in 1996 and sign a peace treaty a year later.

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