Name: Battle of Grozny (1994–1995)
Start: 1994-12-31
End: 1995-02-08
Location: Battle of Grozny (1994–1995)

Battle of Grozny (1994–1995) 1994

Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate. Wikidata lists more than one location for this battle; the first is shown.

Key facts

Date	31 December 1994 – 8 February 1995	Wikidata
Year	1994	Wikidata P580 (start time)
Era	Post-1945 (1946 onwards)	derived from year
Location	Russia	Natural Earth (modern borders)
Continent	Europe	Natural Earth
War / conflict	First Chechen War	Wikidata P361
Participants	Anatoly Kvashnin, Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Lev Rokhlin, Pavel Grachev, Ruslan Gelayev, Salman Raduyev, Shamil Basayev, Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev, Vladimir Shamanov, Zaki Axmad	Wikidata P710
Coordinates	43.3167, 45.7000	Wikidata P625

About the battle

The First Battle of Grozny was the Russian Army's invasion and subsequent conquest of the Chechen capital, Grozny, during the early months of the First Chechen War. The attack would last from December 1994 to March 1995, which resulted in the military occupation of the city by the Russian Army and rallied most of the Chechen nation around the government of Dzhokhar Dudayev.

The initial assault resulted in considerable Russian casualties and demoralization in the Russian forces. It took another two months of heavy fighting, and a change in tactics, before the Russian Army was able to capture Grozny. The battle caused enormous destruction and casualties amongst the civilian population and saw the heaviest bombing campaign in Europe since the end of World War II.

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