Battle of Bamut

Name: Battle of Bamut
Start: 1995-03-10
End: 1996-05-24

10 Mar 1995 – 24 May 1996 · 43.16° N, 45.20° E

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When: 10 Mar 1995 – 24 May 1996
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 43.16° N, 45.20° E
Description: 1995–1996 battle of the First Chechen War

Placed at the town its title names, Bamut.

Battle of Bamut

1995–1996 battle of the First Chechen War

The Battle of Bamut was a prolonged military engagement during the First Chechen War that lasted from 10 March 1995 to 24 May 1996. The battle for the village of Bamut and its surrounding heights became one of the most intense and symbolic of the conflict, as Chechen forces utilized decommissioned Soviet missile silos to withstand more than a year of Russian assaults.

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First Chechen War11 Dec 1994 · Civil war · Deaths 70,000

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