Battle of Grozny
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The Battle of Grozny of August 1996, also known as Operation Jihad or Operation Zero Option, when Chechen fighters regained and then kept control of Chechnya's capital Grozny in a surprise raid. Russian federal forces had captured the city in a previous battle that ended in February 1995, and subsequently posted a large garrison of federal and republican Ministry of the Interior (MVD) troops in the city.
1996
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Location: 43.3167, 45.7, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1996 Battle of Grozny
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | Destruction of the Chechen Air Force | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1395 | Battle of Khankala | battle, Timurid Empire, Simsir | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1395 | Timur's second expedition against Tokhtamysh | Golden Horde, Timurid Empire, military expedition | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1707 | Murat Kuchukov Movement | Chechens, Tsardom of Russia, insurgency, Kalmyk Khanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1722 | 1722 insurgency in Chechnya | Chechens, Russian Empire, insurgency, Kalmyk Khanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1732 | Battle of Chechen-Aul | Russian Empire, Chechens, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1787 | Battle of Katchkalikov | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1807 | Battle of Khankala | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1832 | Assault on Germenchuk | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1840 | Battle of the Valerik River | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1842 | Battle of Ichkeria | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Hundred Days of Battles | White movement, battle, Red Army, Chechen Red Army, Terek Cossacks | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1919 | Battle of Goyty | battle, Armed Forces of South Russia, Chechen Red Army | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1924 | 1924–1925 Chechen uprising | Soviet Union, Chechens, insurgency | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1932 | 1932 Chechen uprising | insurgency | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1994 | Battle of Grozny | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1994 | Battle of Dolinskoye | Russia, Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1994 | Battle of Khankala | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1994 | Aksai incident | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1994 | Battle of Grozny | battle, Shamil Basayev, Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, siege, Vladimir Shamanov, Zaki Axmad, Pavel Grachev, Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev, Anatoly Kvashnin, Ruslan Gelayev, Salman Raduyev, Lev Rokhlin | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1994 | Storming of the presidential palace in Grozny | Russia, battle, Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1995 | 1995 Shali cluster bomb attack | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1996 | Battle of Grozny (March 1996) | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1996 | Battle of Grozny | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1999 | 1999 Russian bombing of Chechnya | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1999 | Grozny ballistic missile attack | missile strike, war crime | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1999 | Battle of Grozny | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2000 | Battle for Argun | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2000 | Grozny OMON fratricide incident | friendly fire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2000 | Battle of Komsomolskoye | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2006 | 2006 Avtury ambush | battle | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1545 | Chechen–Kazikumukh War | war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1993 | Chechen Civil War | civil war | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1999 | Second Chechen War | Russia, war, Georgia, Vladimir Putin, Caucasus Emirate, Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Caucasian Front, Mujahideen in Chechnya | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Groznaya | administrative centre, fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Tal-kali | human settlement, fortress | Wikidata | |