# Canonical recap data for Second Chechen War Begins (1999)
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slug: second-chechen-war
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1999/second-chechen-war"
title: Second Chechen War Begins
subtitle: Putin's invasion of Chechnya marked the beginning of a brutal two-decade conflict and established the Russian leader's militaristic political identity.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1999-08-26
datePrecision: day
year: 1999
decade: 1990
country:
name: Russia
slug: russia
summaryShort: |-
  The Second Chechen War took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from August 1999 to April 2009.


summaryLong: |-
  The Second Chechen War took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the breakaway Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, from August 1999 to April 2009.


heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Russian_troops_on_their_way_to_Grozny%2C_1999.jpg/1280px-Russian_troops_on_their_way_to_Grozny%2C_1999.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Second Chechen War"
importance: 76
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Chechen_War"
  title: Second Chechen War
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: "The Second Chechen War took place in Chechnya and the border regions of the North Caucasus between the Russian Federation and the breakaway Chechen Republic of "
wikidataQid: Q120843
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20040406003030/http://en.wikipedia.org:80/wiki/Second_Chechen_War"
  capturedAt: 2004-04-06
  label: Second Chechen War
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Chechen_War"
