After the August 1991 events, known as the "GKChP Putsch", the situation in the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Republic in the North Caucasus finally got out of control. On September 6, Dzhokhar Dudayev, a former general of the USSR Air Force, announced the dissolution of all power structures of the republic, that is, in fact, he made a coup.
Instructions
Step 1
The leadership of the RSFSR in the current situation acted indecisively and inconsistently. The decree on the introduction of a state of emergency, issued on November 7, was canceled in a matter of days, and military units and units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs began to withdraw from the republic. Chechen separatists have seized many weapons depots. As a result, Chechnya, having become virtually independent, turned into a real hotbed of banditry. Trains passing through the territory of the republic were subjected to constant raids with human casualties. The criminal business of taking hostages and demanding ransom flourished in Chechnya.
Step 2
All this forced the Russian leadership to take measures to restore order. On December 11, 1994, a group consisting of units of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs entered Chechnya. This is how the First Chechen War began.
Step 3
Having quickly occupied the northern regions of the republic, the troops began to storm Grozny. Poorly trained and lacking combat experience, they suffered heavy losses. The Maykop motorized rifle brigade suffered especially hard - according to official data, 85 people were killed, 72 were missing, and more than 100 were taken prisoner by the separatists.
Step 4
Only at the beginning of March 1995 did Grozny completely come under the control of the federal forces. Fighting began for the village of Bamut, a stronghold of the separatists. Making sure that they could not resist the federal forces, the Chechen fighters relied on sabotage and terrorist acts. A tragedy struck in the city of Budennovsk, where a detachment of militants led by the notorious Basayev seized a hospital. After that, a moratorium on hostilities was declared. Nevertheless, individual battles and terrorist acts (for example, a raid by Raduev's militants on the city of Kizlyar) continued. On April 21, 1996, as a result of a special operation, Dzhokhar Dudayev was liquidated. In August of the same year, after regular battles for Grozny, the Khasavyurt agreements were concluded, according to which Russian troops were withdrawn from Chechnya, and the question of the status of the republic was postponed until 2001.
Step 5
Alas, this only led to a real orgy with the taking of hostages in Chechnya. In addition, the republic was literally flooded with Arab mercenaries and emissaries representing the interests of radical fanatical religious communities. As a result, in the summer of 1999, large forces of militants under the leadership of the same Basayev invaded neighboring Dagestan, which led to the start of the Second Chechen War.
