Battle of Grozny (August 1996)

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battle urban battle

The Battle of Grozny (August 1996) was a decisive urban offensive by Chechen separatist forces that recaptured much of the Chechen capital from Russian troops and effectively forced Moscow into negotiating an end to the First Chechen War.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
August 1996 Grozny offensive 1
Battle of Grozny (1994–1995) 1
Battle of Grozny (August 1996) canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
urban battle ⓘ
conflictIn First Chechen War ⓘ
contributedTo First Chechen War ⓘ
surface form: end of First Chechen War

withdrawal of Russian forces from Chechnya ⓘ
countryInvolved Chechnya ⓘ
surface form: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Russia ⓘ
followedBy Khasavyurt Accord ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Battle of Grozny (August 1996) ⓘ
surface form: August 1996 Grozny offensive

Battle of Grozny (August 1996) ⓘ
surface form: Second Battle of Grozny (1996)
hasCasualties Chechen fighter casualties ⓘ
high civilian casualties ⓘ
significant Russian military casualties ⓘ
hasCharacteristic coordinated attacks across the city ⓘ
encirclement of Russian positions ⓘ
heavy street fighting ⓘ
surprise offensive ⓘ
use of small mobile Chechen units ⓘ
hasCommander Anatoly Romanov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aslan Maskhadov ⓘ
Konstantin Pulikovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruslan Gelayev NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shamil Basayev ⓘ
hasEndTime 1996-08-20 ⓘ
hasLocation Chechnya ⓘ
Grozny ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation
hasParticipant Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria ⓘ
surface form: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria fighters

Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria ⓘ
surface form: Chechen separatist forces

Russian Armed Forces ⓘ
Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation ⓘ
surface form: Russian Interior Ministry troops
hasResult Chechen victory ⓘ
Russian military setback ⓘ
political crisis in Moscow ⓘ
hasStartTime 1996-08-06 ⓘ
historicalSignificance decisive turning point in First Chechen War ⓘ
demonstrated vulnerability of Russian forces in urban combat ⓘ
influenced Russian military reforms on urban warfare ⓘ
ledTo ceasefire between Russia and Chechen separatists ⓘ
de facto Chechen control over most of Chechnya ⓘ
objective force Moscow to negotiate ⓘ
recapture Grozny from Russian forces ⓘ
partOf Chechen conflict ⓘ
surface form: Chechen–Russian conflict
precededBy Battle of Grozny (1994–1995) ⓘ
surface form: Russian occupation of Grozny
timePeriod 1990s ⓘ
tookPlaceIn post-Soviet era ⓘ
usedWarfareType guerrilla tactics ⓘ
infiltration tactics ⓘ
urban warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Chechen War → notableBattle → Battle of Grozny (August 1996) ⓘ
Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) → precededBy → Battle of Grozny (August 1996) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Grozny (1994–1995)
Battle of Grozny (August 1996) → hasAlternativeName → Battle of Grozny (August 1996) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Battle of Grozny (1996)
Battle of Grozny (August 1996) → hasAlternativeName → Battle of Grozny (August 1996) ⓘ
this entity surface form: August 1996 Grozny offensive