# Canonical recap data for First Chechen War Begins (1994)
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slug: first-chechen-war
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1994/first-chechen-war"
title: First Chechen War Begins
subtitle: Russia's military intervention to suppress Chechen secession marked a brutal post-Soviet conflict with significant civilian casualties and documented war crimes.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1994-12-11
datePrecision: day
year: 1994
decade: 1990
country:
name: Russia
slug: russia
summaryShort: 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 late
summaryLong: 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.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Evstafiev-helicopter-shot-down.jpg/1280px-Evstafiev-helicopter-shot-down.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "First Chechen War"
importance: 77
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War"
  title: First Chechen War
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: 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 Feder
wikidataQid: Q29269
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260623113234/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-23
  label: First Chechen War
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Chechen_War"
