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Below is an incomplete list of feature films, television films or TV series which include events of the First Chechen War (1994–1996), the Dagestan incursions (1999), the Second Chechen War (1999–2009), the Insurgency in Ingushetia (2009–2017), the Insurgency in the North Caucasus (2009–2017) and the Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus (2017–present).
2002 - According to leading wholesale companies, the film took fourth place among the 50 best-selling video films in 2002, ahead of a large number of high-budget blockbusters. [ 6 ] 2002, June - XIII Open Russian Film Festival "Kinotavr" in Sochi, the film participated in the contest, winning the Grand Prize.
April 6 - Five Russian soldiers have been killed in Chechnya when their armoured vehicle detonated a mine outside Grozny.; April 14 - Russia forces have launched a major operation in southern Chechnya involving aircraft and heavy guns against the Vedensky District after the Chechen guerrillas claimed the lives of nine Russian servicemen in explosions and hit-and-run tactics attacks.
The Chechen militants had aimed to pass through Ingushetia from the territory of Georgia with the aim of further passage to Chechnya. [2] At night of 26 September 2002, around 100 to 300 [a] Chechen militants under command of Ruslan Gelayev or Abdul-Malik Mezhidov [b] entered into battle with Russian troops near the Ingush village of Galashki after part of the Chechen militants under command ...
Films about the First Chechen War (1994-1996) and the Second Chechen War (1999-2009). Pages in category "Chechen wars films" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
The goal of a regimental combat group task force of the Russian Airborne Troops (VDV) tactical group in the area, based on the 104th Guards Airborne Regiment of the 76th Division and including also teams from the GRU Spetsnaz, and the elite Vympel group of the FSB, was to block an exit from a gorge, while other Russian forces attempted to encircle a large Chechen force departing the village of ...
The War of Dagestan was used as a casus belli to trigger the Second Chechen War, when Russian federal troops entered Chechnya and ended its independence. By June 2000, the war had entered an "insurgency phase", where Russian troops would perform several day-long zachistka (Russian: зачистка) operations that became notorious for their ...
The following lists detail the incidents of guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency in the republic of Chechnya and the rest of the North Caucasus since the official end of the main Russian offensive by early May 2000. The lists are incomplete and the actual casualty count is much higher.