Battle for Height 776

Name: Battle for Height 776
Start: 2000-02-29
End: 2000-03-01

29 Feb 2000 – 1 Mar 2000 · 42.96° N, 45.80° E

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When: 29 Feb 2000 – 1 Mar 2000
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 42.96° N, 45.80° E
Description: 2000 battle

Battle for Height 776

2000 battle in the Second Chechen War

The Battle for Height 776, part of the larger Battle of Ulus-Kert, was an engagement in the Second Chechen War that took place during fighting for control of the Argun River gorge in the highland Shatoysky District of central Chechnya, between the villages of Ulus-Kert and Selmentauzen.

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Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Second Chechen War: Battle of Hill 776.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page
Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Вторая чеченская война: гибель 6-й роты 2-го батальона 104-го парашютно-десантного полка 76-й дивизии ВДВ в бою за высоту 776.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Source page

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Second Chechen War7 Aug 1999 · Civil war · Deaths 55,000

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Battle for Height 776

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