Chechnya
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- Chechnya
- History
- Chechnya was a Soviet state up until 1991
- After the USSR broke up in 1991, Chechnya declared independence
- Chechen's were deported after collaborating with Nazi's during WW2
- Khrushchev allowed them back into Russia, but they were heavily discriminated against
- Russia and Yeltsin felt that Chechen independence would lead to a domino effect of states leaving
- They also wanted control of the Chechen oil supply
- The collapse of the Chechen economy led to drug trafficking and lawlessness that spread into Russia
- Chechnya was a Soviet state up until 1991
- First Chechnya War tactics
- Russia invaded on December 27th 1994
- However Russia still relied on the Soviet Doctrine from WW2
- As a result the Russian's military tactics weren't suited for combat in mountains
- Russia fought on 2 principles
- If a city was defended, leave it
- If a city wasn't defended, march and take it
- However Russia still relied on the Soviet Doctrine from WW2
- because of the lack of an urban doctrine, Russia struggled to take cities such as Grozny
- Russia didn't take lessons of defensive advantage
- Need 4 attackers for every 1 defender
- Inexperienced soldiers didn't know how to take a building
- Didn't understand the need to starve a city and do reconnaissance
- Only 30 urban commanders
- 1 small Spetsnaz unit
- (Anti-terror, not invasion)
- 1 small Spetsnaz unit
- Russia didn't take lessons of defensive advantage
- Chechen tactics
- Chechen's were prepared to defend a city over 4 months
- They used USSR experience from WW2
- Rebels were well trained and split into small units
- They used tunnels
- Cities had 3 rings of defence
- Cities had various anti-tank positions
- Chechen's could listen into Russian comms, but use their own language to communicate
- Chechen's shot to wound as to draw out other soldiers
- Guerrilla tactics were used by the Chechen's
- Chechen's took steps to gain international support
- Allowed journalists access to the country
- Russia disregarded the media entirely
- Allowed journalists access to the country
- Chechen's were prepared to defend a city over 4 months
- Russia invaded on December 27th 1994
- First Chechnya War fighting
- Russia entered Chechnya with inadequately trained troops and numbers
- Chechen's had 60k soldiers waiting
- Russia lost 100 vehicles on the first day
- 1.5k casualties within the first month
- Russia failed to starve Chechen guerrilla fighters
- However the war spiraled into a series of human rights abuses
- Chechnya controlled the press well
- Media coverage saw a loss of support for the war effort in Russia
- Russia had no experience with free press after the fall of the USSR
- There was a ceasefire in 1996
- 100k casualties in total
- 80k were civilian
- Russia was exposed as weak
- 100k casualties in total
- Russia entered Chechnya with inadequately trained troops and numbers
- History
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