Second Chechen War

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Russian–Chechen conflict armed conflict war

The Second Chechen War was a major late-1990s and early-2000s conflict in which Russia reasserted federal control over Chechnya through a prolonged and brutal military campaign marked by insurgency, counterinsurgency, and widespread human rights abuses.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Second Chechen War canonical 38
Chechen constitutional referendum of 2003 1
Invasion of Dagestan 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian–Chechen conflict ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
belligerent Chechnya ⓘ
surface form: Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Chechen separatist fighters ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation

pro-Moscow Chechen forces ⓘ
cause 1999 Russian apartment bombings ⓘ
collapse of Khasavyurt Accord arrangements ⓘ
incursion of Chechen and Islamist fighters into Dagestan ⓘ
characterizedBy counterterrorism operations ⓘ
displacement of civilians ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
massive destruction of Grozny ⓘ
urban warfare ⓘ
widespread human rights abuses ⓘ
civilianImpact allegations of war crimes ⓘ
large-scale refugee flows ⓘ
conflictType counterinsurgency ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ
countryInvolved Chechnya ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation
endDate 2009-04-16 ⓘ
estimatedCasualties tens of thousands killed ⓘ
followedBy insurgency in the North Caucasus ⓘ
legalStatusInRussia counterterrorist operation ⓘ
location Chechnya ⓘ
North Caucasus ⓘ
mainCommander Akhmad Kadyrov ⓘ
Anatoly Kvashnin ⓘ
Aslan Maskhadov ⓘ
Ramzan Kadyrov ⓘ
Shamil Basayev ⓘ
Vladimir Putin ⓘ
majorBattle Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) ⓘ
Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Grozny (2000–2004)

Battle of Komsomolskoye ⓘ
majorEvent Beslan school siege ⓘ
Moscow theater hostage crisis ⓘ
Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) ⓘ
surface form: siege of Grozny
officialEndDate 2009-04-16 ⓘ
officialEndDeclaredBy Dmitry Medvedev ⓘ
partOf Chechen conflict ⓘ
surface form: Chechen–Russian conflict

post-Soviet conflicts ⓘ
politicalConsequence consolidation of federal authority in Russia ⓘ
creation of a Kadyrov-led regime in Chechnya ⓘ
rise of Vladimir Putin to power ⓘ
precededBy First Chechen War ⓘ
relatedAgreement Khasavyurt Accord ⓘ
surface form: Khasavyurt Accord (as failed peace framework)
result Russian federal victory ⓘ
establishment of pro-Moscow Chechen government ⓘ
restoration of Russian control over Chechnya ⓘ
startDate 1999-08-26 ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

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

Chechens → involvedInConflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Chechnya → historicalEvent → Second Chechen War ⓘ
North Caucasus → hasHistoricalEvent → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Grozny → experiencedEvent → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Mi-24 → conflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
subject surface form: Mil Mi-24
Russian Armed Forces → participatedIn → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Boris Yeltsin → militaryConflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Sukhoi Su-24 → conflicts → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Sukhoi Su-25 → conflictParticipatedIn → Second Chechen War ⓘ
First Chechen War → followedBy → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Russian special forces → engagedIn → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Anna Politkovskaya → coveredConflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Chechen conflict → hasPart → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Chechen conflict → significantEvent → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Chechen conflict → significantEvent → Second Chechen War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chechen constitutional referendum of 2003
Russian Ground Forces → engagedIn → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation → engagement → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Nokhchi → associatedConflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Ramzan Kadyrov → militaryConflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) → conflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) → partOf → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) → partOf → Second Chechen War ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Caucasus insurgency
Battle of Grozny (1999–2000) → hasCause → Second Chechen War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian invasion of Chechnya in 1999
Grozny railway station → wasDamagedDuring → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Russian Air Force → conflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Hind → usedInConflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
subject surface form: Mil Mi-24
International Committee for the Investigation of the War in Chechnya → conflictMonitored → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Naval Infantry → notableConflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
2000 Russian presidential election → campaignContext → Second Chechen War ⓘ
T-80 tank → usedInConflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
subject surface form: T-80
Fencer → usedInConflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
GSh-30-2 30 mm cannon → usedInConflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
subject surface form: GSh-30-2
Parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria → conflictContext → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria → conflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria → foughtIn → Second Chechen War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Invasion of Dagestan
Aslan Maskhadov → conflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Shamil Basayev → conflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Akhmad Kadyrov → participantIn → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Battle of Bamut → partOf → Second Chechen War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian military campaign in western Chechnya
pro-Moscow Chechen forces → conflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Moscow theater hostage crisis → conflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Battle of Komsomolskoye → conflict → Second Chechen War ⓘ
Battle of Komsomolskoye → partOf → Second Chechen War ⓘ