Battle of Grozny

Name: Battle of Grozny
Start: 1999-12-25
End: 2000-02-06

25 Dec 1999 – 6 Feb 2000 · 43.32° N, 45.70° E

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When: 25 Dec 1999 – 6 Feb 2000
Kind: Siege
Coordinates: 43.32° N, 45.70° E
Description: 1999 battle in Chechnya

Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)

Battle of the Second Chechen War

The second battle of Grozny or Operation Wolf Hunt was the siege and assault of the Chechen capital Grozny by Russian forces, lasting from late 1999 to early 2000. The siege and assault on the city resulted in the near total destruction of the urban area. In 2003, the United Nations designated Grozny as the most destroyed city on Earth. The battle had a devastating impact on the civilian population.

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Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “حرب الشيشان الثانية: معركة غروزني تنتهي مع انتهاء القوات الروسية من السيطرة على العاصمة الشيشانية غروزني”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 of Grozny (1999–2000)

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