Chechnya

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Chechnya

• Conflict in the Modern World
• Period Six
• Patrick Semansky
• Darren Lloyd

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Thesis

• The current violence in Chechnya is due to the
  fact that Russians wish to keep control of the
  country especially its oil since it declared
  its independence in 1991.

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Chechnya
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A Quick Timeline of Chechen History

• 1859
• Russia invades and conquers the Caucuses
• 1917
• Russian Revolution
• 1923
• Dagestan is divided, creating the Chechen-Ingush
  Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
• 1944
• Stalin deports thousands of Chechens to Siberia
  and Kazakhstan

• 1957
• The Chechen-Ingush Republic is reestablished
• 1991
• USSR collapses
• Dzhokhar Dudayev elected president of Chechnya
• Chechnya declared independent
• Yeltsin refuses to recognize independence sends
  troops
• 1994
• Russia invades Chechnya

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A Quick Timeline (continued)

• 1995
• 10,000 Russian troops occupy Grozny
• Total Russian presence 45,000
• Dudayev killed
• 1996
• Chechens launch a counteroffensive
• 5,000 troops invade Grozny
• Russians agree to ceasefire withdraw troops
• 70,000 casualties on both sides

• 1997
• Aslan Maskhadov elected Chechen president
• Name of capital changed from Grozny (Russian) to
  Djohar (Chechen)
• 1999
• Terrorist bombs explode in Moscow and elsewhere
• Chechen insurgents attempt to assist Dagestan
  in creating a separate nation
• Dagestan territories recovered by Russia 100,000
  troops are sent to Chechnya

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A Quick Timeline (continued)

• 1999 (continued)
• Russian troops take over much of the country
  level Grozny
• 250,000 refugees
• 2000-present
• The war continues, despite Russian claims of
  imminent victory

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Russia Chechnya War (1994-1996)

• The first war started in 1994 when Russia invaded
  Chechnya.
• They did not recognize Chechnyas claim of
  independence.
• They invaded after a failed attempt to bomb the
  Grozny airport.
• In 1995, Russian troops marched all the way to
  Grozny, the capital.
• Total presence 45,000 troops
• 10,000 in Grozny
• Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechnyas President, is killed
  in the fighting.
• The following year, the Chechens launch a major
  offensive.
• The Russians send still more troops.
• Finally, a ceasefire is agreed to.
• Russia pulls out.
• 70,000 casualties.

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Russia Chechnya War (1999-Present)

• In 1999, terrorist bombings in Moscow and
  elsewhere in Russia are blamed on the Chechens.
• Islamic militants attempt to assist Dagestan in
  creating a separate nation.
• Russia claims that the militants were from
  Chechnya, and uses the bombings and the attempted
  secession of Dagestan to invade Chechnya.
• Russia recovers the Dagestan territories, 100,000
  troops sent to Chechnya.
• The Russians have taken over most of the country
  by the end of 1999.
• Grozny is leveled.
• 250,000 refugees.
• The war still continues today, despite Russian
  claims of imminent victory.

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Human Rights Violations

• Russia is not playing nicely in Chechnya.
• The Russians will not comply with UN Commission
  on Human Rights requirements to end the ongoing
  atrocities.
• Troops have been accused of raping Chechen women.
• Over 87 civilians have been disappeared between
  2000 and 2002.
• Torture
• A search on Russia and Chechnya on Human Rights
  Watch.org yielded 11 pages of results, dating
  from 1990 to 2002.

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Photos
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Works Cited

• Chechen Republic Online
• http//www.amina.com/
• Human Rights Watch.org
• http//www.hrw.org/
• InfoPlease
• http//www.infoplease.com/spot/chechnyatime1.html
• Kenzys, Stasys And Romanas Sedlickas. The War in
  Chechynya. College Station, TX Texas AM
  University Press. 1999.