The 1999–2000 battle of Grozny was the siege and assault of the Chechen capital Grozny by Russian forces, lasting from late 1999 to early 2000. The...
Portrait of of the major general Nikolay Sleptsov , 1877. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow. Artist : Anonymous.
Chechen fighter takes cover from sniper fire in front of the from the presidential palace destroyed by Russian artillery bombardments in Grozny on...
Pro-Russian fighter from Chechnya stands near a damaged Ukrainian armoured vehicle on February 20, 2015 in Debaltseve, Ukraine. The strategic railway...
Russian soldiers in the Chechen capital Grozny man a checkpoint on Minutka Square in the center of the city, February 25, 2000.
An armed soldier surveys the area after special forces stormed a school seized by Chechen separatists on September 3, 2004 in the town of Beslan,...
Vitaly says he is of Russian origin and fought in the Russian army during the first Chechen war, but today fights alongside Ukrainian soldiers on...
Krieg im Kaukasus: eine russische Panzerkolonne rollt durch eine öde Sandlandschaft der russischen Teilrepublik Tschetschenien. Soldaten sitzen auf...
Year-Old Refugee Aishat Gandziyeva Cries After Returning To Her Home In The Village Verkhny Gamiyakh Near Khasavyurt, Dagestan September 11, 1999....
Russian unit's lead T-72 tanks, one mounted with a mine-clearing system , halt near Samashky, some 40 kilometers from Grozny, on December 13, 1994....
20Oct99 Chechnya Russian Soldiers Prepare To Attack A Chechen Military Post Just Outside Of Chechnya's Capital Grozny October 20, 1999. A Russian...
Chechen separatist soldier stands on an APC, guarding the presidential palace on Grozny's central square, on November 25, 1994. Tension is rising in...
Chechen fighter runs for cover as another hides behind a destroyed Russian tank during fighting in Grozny, 08 January. Russian forces resumed...
Civilians come back to the main Grozny market after its destruction by a Russian missile, the day before.
Russian Army armored personnel carrier and special police forces are seen outside a multistorey block of flats where suspected pro-Chechen militants...
Chechen rebel passes 03 March 1996 by the bodies of Russian soldiers in Grozny, capital of the breakaway southern republic of Chechnya. Chechen...
Russian troops patrol in central Grozny November 23 capital of the breakaway republic of Chechnya. Russian forces have been accused of massive human...
Soldiers of the Russian Ministry of Interior take position around the theatre that was seized by armed men early on October 24, 2002 in Moscow. Armed...
Chechen woman passes by a tank of Russian federal troops on the main street of Gehy-Chu village, south from Grozny 16 February 2000. Russian forces...
Russian troops at Chechen road block, re old foes at odds over N. Ossetian-Ingush ethnic war in Chechnya's neighboring autonomous areas N. Ossetia &...
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech next to Chechen President Alu Alkhanov and Chechen Deputy Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov as he...
Chechen separatists fight Rusxsian soldiers 05 January 1995 in Grozny, capital of the breakaway southern republic of Chechnya. Russian troops entered...
Civilians run 12 January 1995 from a basement to take cover during heavy shelling of central Grozny. Russia launched 14 January an all-out air and...
Chechen women and men pass in February 1996 by the destroyed presidential palace in Grozny, capital of the breakaway southern republic of Chechnya....
This video capture from Russian television shows a dead Chechen female rebel inside the theater where hundreds hostages were held by the rebels...
Group of Chechen volunteers walk past the bodies of two Russian soldiers who were killed during the last assault on the capital Grozny 01 January...
Two Chechen fighters warm by the fire burning next to a house destroyed by Russian artillery in the center of Grozny, 15 January 1995. Russian troops...
Russian sniper takes aim at Chechen fighters from a position in the village of Sergen-Yurt, south-east from Grozny, 25 January 2000. Chechens...
Picture taken 08 November 2004 in Gudermes shows dead bodies of Chechen rebels, which were killed by soldiers of Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov....
Russian Soldiers Rest After A Battle With Islamic Rebels Near Karamakhi Village, Dagestan, September 8, 1999.
Chechen fighters run across the street, trying to avoid sniper fires as they head for the presidential palace in dowtown Grozny on January 12, 1995....
Chechen separatists holding about 600 hostages at a Moscow theater speak to a Russian Television crew on October 25, 2002 in Moscow, Russia. Members...
Chechen soldiers take positions in a trench next to a road leading to Grozny on December 10, 1994 as Russian troops advance closer to the capital of...
