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title: "First Chechen War Begins"
year: 1994
country: "Russia"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1994/first-chechen-war"
slug: "first-chechen-war"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1994-12-11"
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# First Chechen War Begins

> Russia's military intervention to suppress Chechen secession marked a brutal post-Soviet conflict with significant civilian casualties and documented war crimes.

## Summary

The First Chechen War, also referred to as the First Russo-Chechen War, was a conflict between the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and the Russian Federation from 1994 to 1996. The conflict ended in a peace treaty that saw Russian forces withdraw from the territory only for them to invade again three years later sparking the Second Chechen War of 1999–2009.

## Sources

- [First Chechen War](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War) - Wikipedia

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Canonical: https://recap.at/1994/first-chechen-war