Valid, but perhaps a war with so much asymmetric/guerrilla warfare is hard to show using battle lines. Perhaps it made more sense in this case to demonstrate where troops were, without assuming they controlled territory completely.
@@timmccarthy9917 I agree with you but still then it was not impossible. In areas which were confusing he could have put the colour of both rebel and Russian territory in the criss cross. Anyway we all must agree this video was highly informative.
I dont think there were "captured" parts. It was likely done just like they attempted in Ukraine. Drive on the roads to the capital, take it and make the country give up by losing hope. There doesnt seem to have ever been a "front line", just a city to fight over and random guerilla attacks anywhere.
@@Bibinjeustasa Both Chechen wars overall killed 200,000+ people. The Yugoslav Wars killed 140,000 people in total. There is a reason why the Caucasus is the Balkans on steroids.
@@BibinjeustasaBosnia had 2% of its population killed in the war and it was the highest in Former Yugoslavia. Chechnya had 16-17% of its population killed in the two wars so not even close.
Yeah this was kinda like the main precusor to the war in Ukraine (apart from the Donbas war). Russia literally invaded Georgian territory wayy past the separatist lines, mainly because Putin wanted to overthrow Georgia’s pro-Western government (much like he wanted to in Ukraine). It seems minimal now in comparison to the ongoing conflict but it was very significant, I think it happened during the Beijing Olympics as well 🇨🇳
With the exception of the land north of the Terek, I don't think this is a conflict which had clear lines of demarcation between Russian and Chechen forces. Chechen forces were simply too dispersed, too disorganized, and too factionalized, to claim that they had a frontline with the Russian forces for the Russians to overcome and occupy the land behind. This was a conflict fought according to the status of each town, or hill, or valley, wherever it was in which there were some Chechen forces offering resistance, such as in the conflicts in Afghanistan or Vietnam.
A funny thing was that some ministers started talking about the blown up buildings before it happened. There was a miscommunication and they were told that it already happened and of course they had prepared their speech and were before the explosion talking about it. That is something that tells you that it was them behind it.
Its not funny, despite that was obvious FSB operation and most russians know about “ryazan sakhar” they still don’t give a fuck, that their government literally killed own citizens. That’s crazy how slave mentality and strong propaganda machine can allow dictator to do what he wants. Over 145 million of them saw how whole country was vaporised
Это называется "рязанский сахар". Русские сами взрывали свои дома. Также есть ролик, как русские говорят: "мы окрепнем и вернёмся" когда уходят из Чечни
“Won” is a very strong word for this. Rather, Russia “bought” Chechnya. But despite all the bright pictures from Grozny on TV, the people there are very poor. Also, many people had relatives who died in that war, and they hate the Kadyrov clan and his loyalists.
And Kadyrov bought many goons. However, Chechens males are being forced to fight in Ukraine and those who speak against his tyranny get tortured in jail. The guy made up totally fake verses 'from Quran' whilst giving to say war in Ukraine is Holy 🤡🤦♂️ Looks to be in bad health as well. When Putin dies, there'll be chaos. Many ethnic Russian generals also dislike Kadirov as they believe he has too much power now
@@ДимоЦоловWell, to tell the truth, I lived in Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, for about 7 years before I left for my native Zaporizhzhya. So, I am quite aware of the Russian Federation and the situation there. I was also in Orel, Belgorod and Moscow.
Well, to tell the truth, I lived in Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, for about 7 years before I left for my native Zaporizhzhya. So, I am quite aware of the Russian Federation and the situation there, especially considering that I am from Eastern Ukraine. I was also in Orel, Belgorod and Moscow.
Stalin one was not what I expected. Worse he was made into a flat-chested character, like wtf. At least Washington is a bit normal. Honestly I think I rather have FGO deal with historical figures than other random games.
16:14 The placement of the village is wrong. The village today is called Goi-Chu and is located south-east of Urus-martan. The indicated village had the same name but is a completely different one.
We are all curious about the opinion of Chechens on those wars and what do you think will be in the future. Can you please share some thoughts if it is not dangerous (I know how the opposition is treated there).
@@Ruben-by4oychechens living in chechnya can't speak bad about Russia or kadyrov or give their true opinion. Chechens living else where can speak freely
I'm very curious about the situation in Chechnya and would love to hear from Chechens about it. Just speaking in a very general sense, with the war in Ukraine happening it would be the logical time to rise up against Kadyrov.....but i have no idea if it is possible or what sentiments prevail among the Chechen population now.
@@forestdweller5581 chechens hate kadyrov because he is a traitor and is a dictator in chechnya torturing innocents. Chechens want to rebel just don't want their families killed
Forgotten? Chechnya features more prominently in the western media than almost any of the 90+ Russian regions despite having a relatively small population
@@aleksandrs1422 I think he means in comparison to the modern war on terror such as in Afghanistan and Iraq. This was almost like a proto-war on terror for the Russians, with the military fighting Islamic fundamentalists aligned to al-Qaeda (with al-Khattab being Saudi) and dealing with guerrilla warfare in the mountains of the Caucasus.
The Caucasus, in general, is incredibly diverse (going back millennia)... The only constant seems to be Russia hurling men and equipment down there when the politics are "right"
The Nakh people (Ghalghai and Nohchi), including a few Adyghe and Georgian tribes, are the sole indigenous people of this land. The Caucasus has always been a geopolitically strategic region throughout history.
@@gigachaduneli1121 То есть ты отказываешь в существование целому народу? Тогда ты злобный нацист, приедь в Цхинвал и посмотри есть там Осетины или нет. Но ты этого не сделаешь ты диванный эксперд который ничего из себя не представляет
I first heard of Chechens back in 2004 (I think?) when they captured a Russian school, it was on news in my country back then and I was around 12 years old at that time. Later, I knew they had wars with Russia in the 90s, but never really knew about it in detail. Thanks for this video, I think it's pretty straightforward and informative enough.
@@debilman9065 The thing is they didn't even won. They just bought a friendly regime because they were literally losing on battlefield and they needed the support of some of them. Otherwise they'd lose like how they lost in the first war.
@@Whiteruthenian buy? We aren't bought anyone, we have a deal, you live as you wish on ur territory, but recognize Russian sovereignty over ur land in exchange. The only reason why Russia need Chechnya is bc Chechnya us instable region, without our presents it will be an anarchy + terrorism, we don't really need their land, we need security on our borders.
You must have misheard it. If you mean Kadyrov's father, he is a Hero of Russia and units fighting in Ukraine as well as stadiums and military vehicles are named after the guy. He was killed by Ichkeria khalifate radicals. They're Al Quaeda/IS types the West supported all the way up to 9/11.
@@barryirlandi4217 Even if he is lying, ruZZians are too afraid to say anything against him, otherwise they will be visited by the "Czar" bodyguards of the Caucuses.
@@dmitrikulkevicius9161your forgetting that kadyrov isnt ever going to do against the kremlin, him and his bozo dad chose to betray the Muslims of Chechnya, when the Russian federation weakens, kadyrov will run to the kremlin ever more so
And he is now proud Russian loyalist.... It's true that Russia keeps minorities "in check" by buying off their leaders. That happened with Poles, same is now with Chechens.
The Second Chechen War is a Perfect example of "If you want peace then prepare for war" The Chechen were caught lacking and the Russian won, that's why
All the infighting and especially those ill-conceived pushes into other territories does create the impression that the Chechens got high on their own supply after beating the Russians the first time.
@@albertofrankdiaz6664 Putin is just an frightened old man, the real problems here are the military Corruption doesn't seem to be much back then (or at least not enough to affect the effectiveness of the Russian military) But 80k Troops aren't much, it can be defeated with the right tools
@@G.A.C_Preserve if 80k dont be enough, 80k more will do, look ukraine, putin would send more men until the chechen leader rest underground. pd; 80k is not much? with 10k-15k in the other side? ok napoleon, whatever you said
@@albertofrankdiaz6664 If they had prepared for war early on, They could've prolonged the conflict long enough to gain international support But their main issue was ideological differences & no central military command & their small size in terms of combatants / Either go Full religious extremist & get funding, arms & fighters from Al-qaeda & the Saudi's Or Go Full freedom loving secularist and get funding, equipment & training from the CIA, US & Europe Instead they played it half, half and got very little from either (unlike what the Kremlin would like us to believe)
My family were Chechen Jews, they had left only a couple of years before the war to America. When we went back, my grandparents started crying when they saw Grozny, everything was gone.
They do exist, my family has lived in Dagestan/Chechnya for hundreds (likely a thousand years) of years, they were originally Persian Jews, who had ended up there. Most of them left towards the end of the Soviet Union, usually to Israel or America. @@armor1233
@@armor1233Yes they do exist, my family has lived in Dagestan/Chechnya for hundreds of years. The Jewish population goes back over a thousand years there, as they were taken from Israel to the Caucasus mountains, as border guards by the Persian Empires. The community used to be quite big, but they pretty much all left toward the end of the Soviet Union.
Russia had a massive advantage in troops (estimated 100,000+ at its peak), armor, aircraft, artillery, and firepower over Chechen rebel forces. Russian forces also engaged in scorched earth tactics, leveling Grozny and other cities suspected of harboring rebels. Heavy bombardments broke rebel will to fight.
Well, Chechens could win more support from the west if they didn't make and commit all those beheading and hostage kidnapping videos. Hard to support something like that
Both West and Russia had considered Muslim world as a source of threat. So, West didn't intervene into Russia's inner affairs, and Russia supported USA invasion in Afghanistan and only formally condemned invasion in Iraq. As Russia didn't actively take part in USA invasions and had formally condemned most of them, Muslim countries had started to see USA as a primary threat and Chechnya as a part of Russia's inner affairs. A diplomatic victory come across with military one.
Gelaev during an interview said to the journalist that Yelstin/Putin never wanted to negociate with good guys like Dudaev or Maskhadov BUT negociated with Kadyrov, that even before the Chechen wars, he have killed 2 innocent men just because he passed the man in line and the man reacted by saying hey why you do that, and Kadyrov just took his pistol and shot the old guy in the head.
Another reason for Kremlin's success in Chechnya has been the eventual replacement of Russian Army troops with Interior Ministry forces, which were much better suited for counterinsurgency. The cooption of Kadyrov definitely helped, giving a "Chechen face" to the Kremlin's effort.
not replacing, they were there since the beginning. Just not as attacking forces. Most of the Videos were UAZs and white bus like cars are ambushed by chechens from back then are Omon, MVD, FSB and other non army forces.
Corrections: - Aslan Maskhadov was not a secular leader. He was an islamic one that wanted sharia, he was simply more moderate in his approach than people like Shamil Basayev. - The skirmishes in 1998 were not between government forces and fundamentalists. It was between the Yamadayev gang who were traitors just as Kadyrov. They ambushed and killed some people from the Sharia guard and then they started fighting. - Sharia law was not adopted because of pressure from radicals in 1998, it was adopted from the beginning of Ichkeria, but its application was not structured because the ongoing war. Dzhokhar Dudayev is the one who gave the orders to implement it. There are many videos of him and the presidents after him talking about this. - Akhmat Kadyrov didn’t fight the Russians either before he “betrayed” us and neither did his son, the current president. They were secretly working with the Russians from the beginning and their ancestors had connections to the NKVD, the Soviet predecessor of the KGB. They have always been traitors. - Russians also bombed the human corridors and killed thousands of civilians this way. My father and others told me stories of how they were under fire and had to carry wounded women and children whilst being shelled. - The USA also supported Russia. After the first war Russia was collapsing yet Bill Clinton sent billions of dollars to Russia in order to save it from economic collapse. This is all available and public on the internet, even though Russians try to deny this and claim the US supported rebels in Chechnya.
@@bConrad741 okay not sure but there were actually reports that some chechens were among foreign fighters in Afghanistan and Iraq-Syria. These were NATO reports. They also reported some of these people were in elite terror units. Aren't these true?
'Shamil Basayev, the guerrilla commander holding hundreds of hostages in a hospital in southern Russia, inherited a long and proud ancestral tradition of suicidal resistance to invaders of his native Chechnya. Central to that tradition was the Basayev family’s two-story stone house--built in the year 1010 and now reportedly destroyed by Russian bombs--in the mountain village of Vedeno. In its defense, one Basayev ancestor fought the 14th-Century Central Asian warlord Tamerlane. A great-great-great-grandfather died in wartime service as a deputy to Imam Shamil, for whom Shamil Basayev was named. The imam fought to create an independent Islamic state, held off the czar’s army for four decades and made a last stand at Vedeno before surrendering in 1859. A great-grandfather was killed fighting the Bolshevik army, and his son died when Soviet dictator Josef Stalin deported 800,000 Chechens to Kazakhstan and Siberia in cattle cars in 1944. “If the Russians come in here and take our home, what’s the point of living?” Shamil Basayev’s father, Suleyman, asked a visitor to the stone house last winter after the Russian army had again invaded Chechnya to crush its latest drive for independence. Tragedy befell the Basayev household in a Russian air raid late in May. And after losing his village, his home, his mother, two children, a brother, a sister and six other kin, Basayev did last week what no ancestor--and no other Chechen warrior--had ever done.' A snippet from the Los Angeles Times by Richard Boudreaux.
@@zunkhoy не совсем. Когда Басаев захватил детей и женщин в больнице, он перестал быть лидером сопротивления и мужчиной. Он сам поставил себя вне любого закона и любой морали. Ну может быть хотя бы сейчас он может насладиться 72 гуриями в раю, хотя вряд ли он получит полное удовольствие от этого без одной ноги
@@PlumbuM871 Samashki, Novye-Aldi, Khaibakh, Komsomoylske, Alkhan-Yurt, Staropromyslovsky and many more we remember, what Basaev did is nothing in comparison. Shamil Basaev is a hero and will always be remembered as one.
It would be nice to see what you're talking about in the map. The speaker talks about some areas being fought for or captured but I see nothing that demonstrates the progress of the forces or places lost. Idk maybe it's just me.
Kadyrov's choice was no easy but he saved what could be saved. What was he supposed to do, resist and destroy his own cointry? He doesn't deserve a place with Norwegian traitor and nusproduct of Serbian terror.
As i already said, Kadyrov saved what could be saved, no doubt he will turn back on Putin at first sign of weaknes. No need to put him in same category with Norwegian collaborator and nusproduct of Serbian royalist terror. And no need for deleting comments, don't be afraid of the facts
@@Gerrard_Pike2008 Not to mention the media coverage of Grozny was far less than in Gaza. Despite the city being designated as the most destroyed city on Earth in 2003.
@@Randomguy-wy4xi that may have to do with the fact that people back then had less overall awareness of global conflicts and social media hadn't picked up its pace yet. Furthermore, the conflict in Gaza naturally gets more attention because Israel and Palestine are located in a region considered "holy" by Abrahamic religions, which are followed by over 4 billion people worldwide. And even when the wars in Chechnya were being covered, media in the United States avoided in-depth analyses and stuck to bland headlines that omitted the ridiculous disparity between the Russian and Chechen sides and oversimplified the separatist movement. Outlets didn't want the American public sympathising with the Chechen cause and they certainly didn't want American congressmen proposing a bill to have US intelligence support and arm the Chechen rebels, because the Chechens fighting Russia were Islamists and by the 90s, America and Russia could both agree on Islamists being a common enemy. Today, American officials continue to bring up Chechnya and Syria to take a shot at Russia and Russian officials continue to bring up Iraq and Afghanistan to take a shot at America, but neither of them actually care about the hundreds of thousands of Muslim civilians killed.
Therefore, you may find a reason to attack a weaker opponent. The question is - do you have morals? And just because others are immoral doesn't mean you have to be.
@@asenfilev239 Vietnam was very immoral, Iraq was quite immoral, Libya was quite immoral, the regimes who attacked them that is :).... But then again Ukraine is a different story and the whole war was due from the very start, created by Russia and the US due to their failures in negotiation 20 odd years ago :)... still it is a very immoral thing none the less...
Thank you for this much-needed follow-up to the First Chechen War. Grozny provides an excellent example of the challenges and horrors facing modern urban warfighting; its complete encirclement, systematic partitioning, destruction of residential buildings by air & artillery support, and block-by-block pacification with small units of infantry all provide a grim template for conflicts we've seen as recently as 2024.
You left out a key factor. Russia simply employed so much artillery that any point of resistance in Grozny was obliterated. During the first war, Russia tried taking cities but keeping the infrastructure. In the second war, Russia did not care if the city was a pile of smoldering rubble, even the smoldering rubble was bombed, then bombed some more.
You do not need to say "Sharia Law", as Sharia already means "Islamic Law". It's like to say "Islamic Law Law". Therefore: "In 1999..., Chechnya adopted Sharia.". Thanks for your high quality video.
Chechnya in Russia; Xinxiang In China; Kashmir in India. Wherever Muslim become majority, they seek their own Sharia ruled Islamic country. But they are so soft when minority.
Why shouldn't the Chechens have the right to create the country they want for themselves? This has been their land since ancient times, before the birth of Russia, the USA and Jesus.
@@MasterZang Same reason why Kashmiri, Punjabi can't create their own country in South Asia, Kurds can't in Middle East, Native people in USA, Australia can't, Khasghar people can't in Xinxiyang, Catalonian can't in Spain (despite overwhelming support in the last referendum ). The list goes on and on.
@@shekhar4654 The question is not "that they can't", but rather "when will they become independent". And don't forget that India was colonised by the British, the wheel is turning.
@@Barbarossa18 Who knows, maybe you've simply heard stories that losers tell about how good they were. I think Beslan hostage situation speaks volumes as to the kind of people Russia and actual God-fearing Chechens were fighting in Chechnya.
4:25 I want to say that those Dagestani villages advocated separation from Russia and they were purged, and subsequently asked for help from the Chechens
I dont know where you've got that from. There was a low level insugrency by dagestani islamist groups for years but to say most in the state wanted independence is false. The Chechens massacred entire villages of people who opposed them.
@@aarushk4259 It is true that there was a low level of discontent in Dagestan, but I am talking specifically about those villages that were on the border with Chechnya
@@aarushk4259 I also watched a documentary on this topic. It was said that Basayev came to Dagestan villages in peace and let everyone who wanted to leave go
@@richi46 That may be true but from what I’m reading on Wikipedia (yes I know), the incursion was described as ‘potentially genocidal’ with small linguistic groups being targeted and many attacks on civilians and police officers.
The Russians won by bombarding civilians, bombarding all the buildings, neighborhood by neighborhood. They applied the same tactic in the city of Aleppo in Syria, advancing by bombarding and destroying house by house, and they were successful. The Russians do not commit the same brutality in Ukraine, which is why the war has been prolonged.
The Russian Armed forces do not commit a blitzkrieg style campaign in Ukraine, like they did in Chechnya, or the USA in Iraq, because, they are brothers. Excessive force would be fruitless.
They are not doing it because 1. They tried the blitzkrieg in the first two weeks and lost 1/4 of their army on the field and 2. Ukraine has more air defense systems as of now than the whole continent of south america 🙈
Very smart of Russia too have a humanitarian corridor yet attack who was left ( provided they physically couldn't leave) . Smart way of separating civilian vs. actual fighters
Do you approve of these RuZZian war crimes--Comrade? Old RuZZian tactics they learned when they were the Golden Horde!--They did the same with fake "humanitarian" corridors in their war with Ukraine.
I think the civilians who could,would have left with families, to villages perhaps? Or other towns already in control of Russians? But yeah,they would be in a very bad condition. If you have info about this, share
You are WRONG--some people can't leave due to health etc.---Some do not trust the so called "humanitarian" corridors as the RuZZians purposefully bomb them (RuZZians lie, lie, lie) as they have often done in the past. It is also an EXCUSEE for thee RuZZians to bomb thee place to the ground knowing full well that only a fraction of the people would be able or willing to leave!
The civilian deaths in the conflict were older people or people who had nowhere too go. plus Russia was a little clumsy with air power but considering the situation corridor's are the best way too go@@BarlasofIndus
@@Qin_Lee - Russia invaded neighbouring country without declaration of the war and killed hundreds of thousads of both civilians and soldiers! - Pfff, and what about USA? They killed few hundred enemy soldiers during Gulf war. Yeah, it is definitely the same :)
So Putin blew up his own people to get in power. Then he and Patrushev robbed Russia blind. Putin divorced his wife for a 17yr old he impregnated out of marriage yet he saves traditional values. Half of Russias rich kids live in west enjoying Russian money. Now they invade a country formerly that helped them in WW2. What a nasty place Russia has become. Only friend is China to which “all borders are open” Russki Mir = Russians slaving for China.
As a Finn, I cannot understand the Chechens. They are a small nation (like us Finns) and have defended themselves against bigger Russia (like us Finns). Chechens are excellent soldiers and they have the right to be their own independent state. What will happen in 2024? They fought in a similar war on the side of Russia against Ukraine. We Finns despise the Russian way of working and I would rather die fighting on the Russian side. Why is Russia taking over more land when it is the biggest country in the world and it is not able to take care of what it has. A poor big country with corruption, life expectancy, education level and HIV infections at the same level as some developing country in Africa. White Nigeria
loom you must understand that there is a difference between people who sold their souls for money, people who are forced to go to war by their dictatorous governement.There are also chechens (6 battaljons) fighting against russians in ukraine.
Therer's a republic within Russia called Tuva. It's settled by the descendants of the Mngolian Horde. They herd horses on the wide plains and follow the nomadic lifestyle that is centures old. Given that infoprmation, here's a thought experiment. Consider the last thousand years of Russian and the Western history. Consider a moment in the future when you're dead and all your children are dead, that your grandchildren live in. Assume they live on the territory that is now Finland. What are the odds that 1. North Atlantic Treaty still exists and is still relevant to their lives. 2. European Union still exists and is relevant 3. Russia still exists and is relevant If Russia still exists, does 3.1 Tuva still exists and has its own culture? 3.2 Chechnya still exists and has its own culture? Chechen leaders must have though something like that. And look at their lives and opportunities that Russia has provided them compared to what their lives were under Maskhadov. Their capital city, Moscow, is the largest and overall arguably best city in Europe. They have a great and reasonably rich capital of Grozny, and preserve their centuries old culture and traditions. And you could say, well the West could have helped them, well that would probably entail something like joining NATO and eventually having gender diversity officers serving alongside Islamic spiritual leaders. Having their FInnlish allies hating their religion and their way of life that most Westerners would look down on, and being storm troops in containing Russia that Western leaders would not hesitate to sacrifise in case of a hot war with Russia, God forbid. Look at the recent history. Russia seems to not be an enemy to anybody who's not chosen to be the enemy of Russia first
If you want an example of proper Russian imperialism, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are good examples. Chechnya was a war just like Israel's war on Gaza. Not imperialist.
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great vid,could you do one on the 2021 taliban offensive that lead to them re conquering afghanistan?
You did, indeed, go too far. Fate Stalin is cursed. :P
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'A Chechen and a Russian officer have a brief conversation' remains among the most melancholic & hauntingly tragic audio recordings on youtube.
You should have showed captured parts of Chechnya, during the war, with a different colour. Honestly it was a little confusing.
He is saving ink
Valid, but perhaps a war with so much asymmetric/guerrilla warfare is hard to show using battle lines. Perhaps it made more sense in this case to demonstrate where troops were, without assuming they controlled territory completely.
@@timmccarthy9917 I agree with you but still then it was not impossible. In areas which were confusing he could have put the colour of both rebel and Russian territory in the criss cross. Anyway we all must agree this video was highly informative.
I dont think there were "captured" parts. It was likely done just like they attempted in Ukraine. Drive on the roads to the capital, take it and make the country give up by losing hope. There doesnt seem to have ever been a "front line", just a city to fight over and random guerilla attacks anywhere.
It’s not the responsibility of the producer of the video to cater to your diminished IQ. Keep coping. It’s a good look.😂
I have been waiting for this since the video for the First Chechen War! Thanks!!!
one of the deadliest wars since WW2 when measuring by per capita deaths.
I think Croatia, kosovo and Bosnia take that.
@@Bibinjeustasa Both Chechen wars overall killed 200,000+ people. The Yugoslav Wars killed 140,000 people in total. There is a reason why the Caucasus is the Balkans on steroids.
@@BibinjeustasaBosnia had 2% of its population killed in the war and it was the highest in Former Yugoslavia. Chechnya had 16-17% of its population killed in the two wars so not even close.
@@Bibinjeustasa Bro slept through school
Grozny was the most destroyed city in the world year 2000.😢
Great content as always. Would like to see videos about the Yugoslav wars from 1991 - 2001
Agreed Yugoslav wars must be covered
That would be really cool to see them cover that
This
Been there, not funny..
Same here
Russian /Georgian conflict in 2009 would be ideal video in this channel.
Correction: in 2008
@@Inuver2 8/8/8.
Yeah this was kinda like the main precusor to the war in Ukraine (apart from the Donbas war). Russia literally invaded Georgian territory wayy past the separatist lines, mainly because Putin wanted to overthrow Georgia’s pro-Western government (much like he wanted to in Ukraine). It seems minimal now in comparison to the ongoing conflict but it was very significant, I think it happened during the Beijing Olympics as well 🇨🇳
What's the background music playing around 11-12 min time mark??
Thank you for your videos, but as a request, would it be possible to paint the parts of Chechnya that where invaded a different colour? Thank you
With the exception of the land north of the Terek, I don't think this is a conflict which had clear lines of demarcation between Russian and Chechen forces. Chechen forces were simply too dispersed, too disorganized, and too factionalized, to claim that they had a frontline with the Russian forces for the Russians to overcome and occupy the land behind. This was a conflict fought according to the status of each town, or hill, or valley, wherever it was in which there were some Chechen forces offering resistance, such as in the conflicts in Afghanistan or Vietnam.
@@jack.jpg247i aont readin allat
A funny thing was that some ministers started talking about the blown up buildings before it happened. There was a miscommunication and they were told that it already happened and of course they had prepared their speech and were before the explosion talking about it. That is something that tells you that it was them behind it.
Its not funny, despite that was obvious FSB operation and most russians know about “ryazan sakhar” they still don’t give a fuck, that their government literally killed own citizens. That’s crazy how slave mentality and strong propaganda machine can allow dictator to do what he wants. Over 145 million of them saw how whole country was vaporised
Это называется "рязанский сахар". Русские сами взрывали свои дома.
Также есть ролик, как русские говорят: "мы окрепнем и вернёмся" когда уходят из Чечни
“Won” is a very strong word for this. Rather, Russia “bought” Chechnya. But despite all the bright pictures from Grozny on TV, the people there are very poor. Also, many people had relatives who died in that war, and they hate the Kadyrov clan and his loyalists.
And Kadyrov bought many goons. However, Chechens males are being forced to fight in Ukraine and those who speak against his tyranny get tortured in jail.
The guy made up totally fake verses 'from Quran' whilst giving to say war in Ukraine is Holy 🤡🤦♂️
Looks to be in bad health as well. When Putin dies, there'll be chaos. Many ethnic Russian generals also dislike Kadirov as they believe he has too much power now
No, they won, they bought Chechnya with bombs
What up with that pig these days anyway? he seems to be out of the news since that little failed coup last year
@@ДимоЦоловWell, to tell the truth, I lived in Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, for about 7 years before I left for my native Zaporizhzhya. So, I am quite aware of the Russian Federation and the situation there. I was also in Orel, Belgorod and Moscow.
Well, to tell the truth, I lived in Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, for about 7 years before I left for my native Zaporizhzhya. So, I am quite aware of the Russian Federation and the situation there, especially considering that I am from Eastern Ukraine. I was also in Orel, Belgorod and Moscow.
Anime Washington and Stalin is both the best and absolute worst thing I’ve seen all day
Stalin one was not what I expected. Worse he was made into a flat-chested character, like wtf. At least Washington is a bit normal.
Honestly I think I rather have FGO deal with historical figures than other random games.
If you’re referring to something in this video, could you please share me a timestamp so I can understand what dafaq y’all talking about?
@@NicoBabyman1 it was under the ad they we're making.
16:14 The placement of the village is wrong. The village today is called Goi-Chu and is located south-east of Urus-martan. The indicated village had the same name but is a completely different one.
06:50 - that’s the late Gen Lebed, who died in an aircraft accident a few years later.
"Accident"
I am Chechen, so far none has so precisely and absolutely correctly described and explained from point a to point z the two wars .
Thank you .
We are all curious about the opinion of Chechens on those wars and what do you think will be in the future. Can you please share some thoughts if it is not dangerous (I know how the opposition is treated there).
@@Ruben-by4oythey would probably put him in jail lol
@@Ruben-by4oychechens living in chechnya can't speak bad about Russia or kadyrov or give their true opinion. Chechens living else where can speak freely
I'm very curious about the situation in Chechnya and would love to hear from Chechens about it. Just speaking in a very general sense, with the war in Ukraine happening it would be the logical time to rise up against Kadyrov.....but i have no idea if it is possible or what sentiments prevail among the Chechen population now.
@@forestdweller5581 chechens hate kadyrov because he is a traitor and is a dictator in chechnya torturing innocents. Chechens want to rebel just don't want their families killed
Chechnya is very forgotten these days despite beeing so important for the rise of Putin.
Also paints him as a hypocrite when he yells at the Ukraine government about the Donbas.
Forgotten? Chechnya features more prominently in the western media than almost any of the 90+ Russian regions despite having a relatively small population
@@aleksandrs1422 same reason it features in the uploaders channel now
@@aleksandrs1422 I think he means in comparison to the modern war on terror such as in Afghanistan and Iraq. This was almost like a proto-war on terror for the Russians, with the military fighting Islamic fundamentalists aligned to al-Qaeda (with al-Khattab being Saudi) and dealing with guerrilla warfare in the mountains of the Caucasus.
because the Chechen people lost their nerve and lick putin's boots now like whipped dogs.
Make please more videos about Russian-Chechen wars and in general about Chechens. It was really interesting and thanks for this
Back in 1817, the Russian Empire was at war with Chechnya, Chechnya can be described as the most militant part in the Caucasus
What's the background music playing around 11-12 min time mark??
The map left a lot to be desired regarding which parties controlled which areas during the successive phases of the war. Otherwise very informative.
The Chechens fought in a "partisan war" format, so the Russian army did not control all the terrain it advanced.
The Caucasus, in general, is incredibly diverse (going back millennia)... The only constant seems to be Russia hurling men and equipment down there when the politics are "right"
Sounds like gringo filth with latin america
The Nakh people (Ghalghai and Nohchi), including a few Adyghe and Georgian tribes, are the sole indigenous people of this land. The Caucasus has always been a geopolitically strategic region throughout history.
@@Terloyev Well said. Thank you for this insight... there is so much unknown to me still (Western education)
@@Terloyev
You mean Ghalghai and (Chechen) not Nohchi..coz Nohchi is a Chechen term
Thanks very much for telling this story now, for English and international audiences
This information has been out there for a long time for anyone who cared to look
i knew but most dont @@SA2004YG
I was waiting for this for a month!
Can't wait to see your coverage of the South Ossetian War.
There is no south ossetia war. Russian invasion of georgia.
@@gigachaduneli1121 То есть ты отказываешь в существование целому народу?
Тогда ты злобный нацист, приедь в Цхинвал и посмотри есть там Осетины или нет. Но ты этого не сделаешь ты диванный эксперд который ничего из себя не представляет
@@КосмонавтПетрович-м5к он не назьІвал етот етнос несуществующим, он сказал именно про войну и вторжение рф в Грузию
When do you portray the Balkan wars from 1991 to 1995?
I first heard of Chechens back in 2004 (I think?) when they captured a Russian school, it was on news in my country back then and I was around 12 years old at that time. Later, I knew they had wars with Russia in the 90s, but never really knew about it in detail. Thanks for this video, I think it's pretty straightforward and informative enough.
Really thank you very much for this video.
Great video. Thanks
good job on content and video
The war that restored Russia's confidence
My confidence to play in ranked match would also be restored after winning in a bot lobby
@@debilman9065 The thing is they didn't even won. They just bought a friendly regime because they were literally losing on battlefield and they needed the support of some of them. Otherwise they'd lose like how they lost in the first war.
@@metehanakdagglosing in battlefield ? From Russian side there is 5-7 thousand death and from Chechen there is more than 17 thousand
Great work on the video and information!
"If you can't beat them, BUY them" - Putin
but who tricked who in the long run?
Yeah, but he was able to buy only a part of one generation.
I suspect we will see independent Chechnya in our lifetimes.
Akhmat kadyrov was a KGB worker before the war
@@Whiteruthenian buy? We aren't bought anyone, we have a deal, you live as you wish on ur territory, but recognize Russian sovereignty over ur land in exchange. The only reason why Russia need Chechnya is bc Chechnya us instable region, without our presents it will be an anarchy + terrorism, we don't really need their land, we need security on our borders.
@@Whiteruthenian not so easy lol
Can you imagine siding with the person who killed your father
You must have misheard it. If you mean Kadyrov's father, he is a Hero of Russia and units fighting in Ukraine as well as stadiums and military vehicles are named after the guy. He was killed by Ichkeria khalifate radicals. They're Al Quaeda/IS types the West supported all the way up to 9/11.
Wtf, you didn't understand what he's saying, his father was killed other part
i thought you were listening
According to Kadyrov, 300,000 of Chechen citizens died in both wars.
Not that he tells the truth often
@@barryirlandi4217
Even if he is lying, ruZZians are too afraid to say anything against him, otherwise they will be visited by the "Czar" bodyguards of the Caucuses.
@@dmitrikulkevicius9161your forgetting that kadyrov isnt ever going to do against the kremlin, him and his bozo dad chose to betray the Muslims of Chechnya, when the Russian federation weakens, kadyrov will run to the kremlin ever more so
@@barryirlandi4217same says the prime minister in exile Akhmed Zakaev
And he is now proud Russian loyalist.... It's true that Russia keeps minorities "in check" by buying off their leaders. That happened with Poles, same is now with Chechens.
“We went to far” 💀💀 small understatement
Thanks a lot for this video
The Second Chechen War is a Perfect example of "If you want peace then prepare for war"
The Chechen were caught lacking and the Russian won, that's why
even if they prepare, they would still lost, putin is no yeltsin
All the infighting and especially those ill-conceived pushes into other territories does create the impression that the Chechens got high on their own supply after beating the Russians the first time.
@@albertofrankdiaz6664 Putin is just an frightened old man, the real problems here are the military
Corruption doesn't seem to be much back then (or at least not enough to affect the effectiveness of the Russian military)
But 80k Troops aren't much, it can be defeated with the right tools
@@G.A.C_Preserve if 80k dont be enough, 80k more will do, look ukraine, putin would send more men until the chechen leader rest underground.
pd; 80k is not much? with 10k-15k in the other side? ok napoleon, whatever you said
@@albertofrankdiaz6664 If they had prepared for war early on, They could've prolonged the conflict long enough to gain international support
But their main issue was ideological differences & no central military command & their small size in terms of combatants / Either go Full religious extremist & get funding, arms & fighters from Al-qaeda & the Saudi's Or Go Full freedom loving secularist and get funding, equipment & training from the CIA, US & Europe
Instead they played it half, half and got very little from either (unlike what the Kremlin would like us to believe)
It’s very interesting video. Thanks for this.
Excellent touch with the background music 🤙
What's the name of background music at Siege of Grozniy ??
Good video and opera is always free
This video is way too short for a war like this.
Bags contained sugar 🤪 Yes comrade commissar 😂
A bomb was planted under the twin towers. Yes, in the name of democracy.
That was really strange choice of music for the Siege of Grozniy.
As a Russian, I liked it. Instead I think the "hard to believe russia had democrany", "Putin destroyed democracy" stuff spoiled the thing a bit.
What's name of music ??
@@aleksandrs1422 What's name of music ??
@@AlexKen-zv8mm sorry no idea. Sounds like a videogame soundtrack to me
@@aleksandrs1422 man .. I still need to .... music is banger
You forgot to mention that General Lebed died in a helicopter crash a couple of months later.
Hello man, can you share name background songs on this video? Thats song is great, thx ❤ 16:43
Why do some countries like Transnistria and Crimea deserve independence, but other countries like Chechnyia don't?
Good question for pro-RuSSians👍
well transnistria and crimea are not independant but under russian control
@@newconqueror2305 they declared independence and russia supported there "choice" but for Chechnya they made wrong choice
@@giorgijioshvili9713 yeah supported by standing their shitty army 👍🏼
@@newconqueror2305 that would be russia :)
My family were Chechen Jews, they had left only a couple of years before the war to America. When we went back, my grandparents started crying when they saw Grozny, everything was gone.
chechen jews??? you mean russian jew, never met a jewish chechen as a chechen myself, what are u saying???
@@armor1233 So because you haven't met a Chechen jew they dont exist or what?
They do exist, my family has lived in Dagestan/Chechnya for hundreds (likely a thousand years) of years, they were originally Persian Jews, who had ended up there. Most of them left towards the end of the Soviet Union, usually to Israel or America. @@armor1233
@@armor1233Yes they do exist, my family has lived in Dagestan/Chechnya for hundreds of years. The Jewish population goes back over a thousand years there, as they were taken from Israel to the Caucasus mountains, as border guards by the Persian Empires. The community used to be quite big, but they pretty much all left toward the end of the Soviet Union.
Also, I don’t necessarily consider myself Chechen, but I technically am, it’s very complicated mix of ethnicity/nationality/culture/religion.
Russia had a massive advantage in troops (estimated 100,000+ at its peak), armor, aircraft, artillery, and firepower over Chechen rebel forces.
Russian forces also engaged in scorched earth tactics, leveling Grozny and other cities suspected of harboring rebels. Heavy bombardments broke rebel will to fight.
cause that's the only way these orcs can fight
The Americans in Iraq are different
@@oleksandrshymanskyi1129 привет, какел
@@oleksandrshymanskyi1129 salty much? Jewkraine aint winning
@@СашаВас-з8кyes they targeted Civilians especially women and children
Please, make a video on 2nd Karabakh war
When adviika video coming
It will be great if you make video about russia-georgia war 1991-2008
VERY GOOD VIDEO BUT PLEASE GET RID OF THE BACKGROUND MUSIC
if Independence of Chechens was regarded by world power they might be not in situation right now in Ukraine
Well, Chechens could win more support from the west if they didn't make and commit all those beheading and hostage kidnapping videos. Hard to support something like that
Both West and Russia had considered Muslim world as a source of threat.
So, West didn't intervene into Russia's inner affairs, and Russia supported USA invasion in Afghanistan and only formally condemned invasion in Iraq.
As Russia didn't actively take part in USA invasions and had formally condemned most of them, Muslim countries had started to see USA as a primary threat and Chechnya as a part of Russia's inner affairs.
A diplomatic victory come across with military one.
@@FalconfromRFwell said
I find it crazy how the majourity of us in the West have never heard of this war or been exposed to it! Great vid
Ramzan Kadyrov's son fits the profile of a serial killer well.
Gelaev during an interview said to the journalist that Yelstin/Putin never wanted to negociate with good guys like Dudaev or Maskhadov BUT negociated with Kadyrov, that even before the Chechen wars, he have killed 2 innocent men just because he passed the man in line and the man reacted by saying hey why you do that, and Kadyrov just took his pistol and shot the old guy in the head.
Hoping to cover the Philippine Revolution soon
Another reason for Kremlin's success in Chechnya has been the eventual replacement of Russian Army troops with Interior Ministry forces, which were much better suited for counterinsurgency. The cooption of Kadyrov definitely helped, giving a "Chechen face" to the Kremlin's effort.
not replacing, they were there since the beginning. Just not as attacking forces. Most of the Videos were UAZs and white bus like cars are ambushed by chechens from back then are Omon, MVD, FSB and other non army forces.
@@schaihmansur8298 Yes, you're correct. I meant to write that Putin placed the Interior Ministry in overall command of the pacification of Chechnya.
@@KonradAdenauerJr oki doki.
Corrections:
- Aslan Maskhadov was not a secular leader. He was an islamic one that wanted sharia, he was simply more moderate in his approach than people like Shamil Basayev.
- The skirmishes in 1998 were not between government forces and fundamentalists. It was between the Yamadayev gang who were traitors just as Kadyrov. They ambushed and killed some people from the Sharia guard and then they started fighting.
- Sharia law was not adopted because of pressure from radicals in 1998, it was adopted from the beginning of Ichkeria, but its application was not structured because the ongoing war. Dzhokhar Dudayev is the one who gave the orders to implement it. There are many videos of him and the presidents after him talking about this.
- Akhmat Kadyrov didn’t fight the Russians either before he “betrayed” us and neither did his son, the current president. They were secretly working with the Russians from the beginning and their ancestors had connections to the NKVD, the Soviet predecessor of the KGB. They have always been traitors.
- Russians also bombed the human corridors and killed thousands of civilians this way. My father and others told me stories of how they were under fire and had to carry wounded women and children whilst being shelled.
- The USA also supported Russia. After the first war Russia was collapsing yet Bill Clinton sent billions of dollars to Russia in order to save it from economic collapse. This is all available and public on the internet, even though Russians try to deny this and claim the US supported rebels in Chechnya.
Do you people support sharia as of now?
@@bConrad741 right. What's the economy of those places now? Are they good and have the regions seen urban development under Putin?
@@bConrad741 damn things are bad. Tho I understand the open air prison, but are there no insurgencies or sleeper cell-parties that would rise up?
@@mnd7381they got destroyed,now they go to Syria to help Syrian mujahideen
@@bConrad741 okay not sure but there were actually reports that some chechens were among foreign fighters in Afghanistan and Iraq-Syria. These were NATO reports. They also reported some of these people were in elite terror units. Aren't these true?
'Shamil Basayev, the guerrilla commander holding hundreds of hostages in a hospital in southern Russia, inherited a long and proud ancestral tradition of suicidal resistance to invaders of his native Chechnya.
Central to that tradition was the Basayev family’s two-story stone house--built in the year 1010 and now reportedly destroyed by Russian bombs--in the mountain village of Vedeno. In its defense, one Basayev ancestor fought the 14th-Century Central Asian warlord Tamerlane.
A great-great-great-grandfather died in wartime service as a deputy to Imam Shamil, for whom Shamil Basayev was named. The imam fought to create an independent Islamic state, held off the czar’s army for four decades and made a last stand at Vedeno before surrendering in 1859.
A great-grandfather was killed fighting the Bolshevik army, and his son died when Soviet dictator Josef Stalin deported 800,000 Chechens to Kazakhstan and Siberia in cattle cars in 1944.
“If the Russians come in here and take our home, what’s the point of living?” Shamil Basayev’s father, Suleyman, asked a visitor to the stone house last winter after the Russian army had again invaded Chechnya to crush its latest drive for independence.
Tragedy befell the Basayev household in a Russian air raid late in May. And after losing his village, his home, his mother, two children, a brother, a sister and six other kin, Basayev did last week what no ancestor--and no other Chechen warrior--had ever done.'
A snippet from the Los Angeles Times by Richard Boudreaux.
The los Angeles Times lol I wonder if they are bias.
@@Guras_bumholeRather take russian sources, definitely not bias. Am i right, Ivan?
@@zunkhoy I wouldn't know because russia today isn't available in my country anymore, it's almost like they're trying to hide something.
@@zunkhoy не совсем. Когда Басаев захватил детей и женщин в больнице, он перестал быть лидером сопротивления и мужчиной. Он сам поставил себя вне любого закона и любой морали. Ну может быть хотя бы сейчас он может насладиться 72 гуриями в раю, хотя вряд ли он получит полное удовольствие от этого без одной ноги
@@PlumbuM871
Samashki, Novye-Aldi, Khaibakh, Komsomoylske, Alkhan-Yurt, Staropromyslovsky and many more we remember, what Basaev did is nothing in comparison.
Shamil Basaev is a hero and will always be remembered as one.
It would be nice to see what you're talking about in the map. The speaker talks about some areas being fought for or captured but I see nothing that demonstrates the progress of the forces or places lost. Idk maybe it's just me.
Ramzan Kadyrov.
Ante Pavelić.
Vidkun Quisling.
Different names with the same meaning.
Kadyrov's choice was no easy but he saved what could be saved. What was he supposed to do, resist and destroy his own cointry? He doesn't deserve a place with Norwegian traitor and nusproduct of Serbian terror.
Joe Biden Pinochet Mussolini. Different names with the same meaning
What meaning
As i already said, Kadyrov saved what could be saved, no doubt he will turn back on Putin at first sign of weaknes. No need to put him in same category with Norwegian collaborator and nusproduct of Serbian royalist terror. And no need for deleting comments, don't be afraid of the facts
@@СашаВас-з8кMussolini doesnt belong to that list. sure, he did stupid things but he wasnt a foreign asset.
Thank you for your work. Please stop with the unnecessary camera movement, its unpleasent...
Look at the similarities between the Russian assault on Grozny and the Israeli assault on Gaza.
@@Gerrard_Pike2008 Gaza is more heavily defended.
@@Gerrard_Pike2008 Not to mention the media coverage of Grozny was far less than in Gaza. Despite the city being designated as the most destroyed city on Earth in 2003.
@@Randomguy-wy4xi that may have to do with the fact that people back then had less overall awareness of global conflicts and social media hadn't picked up its pace yet. Furthermore, the conflict in Gaza naturally gets more attention because Israel and Palestine are located in a region considered "holy" by Abrahamic religions, which are followed by over 4 billion people worldwide. And even when the wars in Chechnya were being covered, media in the United States avoided in-depth analyses and stuck to bland headlines that omitted the ridiculous disparity between the Russian and Chechen sides and oversimplified the separatist movement. Outlets didn't want the American public sympathising with the Chechen cause and they certainly didn't want American congressmen proposing a bill to have US intelligence support and arm the Chechen rebels, because the Chechens fighting Russia were Islamists and by the 90s, America and Russia could both agree on Islamists being a common enemy. Today, American officials continue to bring up Chechnya and Syria to take a shot at Russia and Russian officials continue to bring up Iraq and Afghanistan to take a shot at America, but neither of them actually care about the hundreds of thousands of Muslim civilians killed.
@@Randomguy-wy4xiSame goes for Iraq, Lybia, Syria. Media will not show the real damage they done to that cities
@@nikhilannur Iraq is comparable to Ukraine. Both Russia and the US used lies and false claims to justify their respective invasions.
6:32 guy in the left looks like paul mcartney
Now do Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam in detail like this :)
Also please document NATO's illegal destruction of Libya and the destruction of Gadaffi's irrigation schemes which was a war crime.
NATO did not Annex these countries.
Therefore, you may find a reason to attack a weaker opponent. The question is - do you have morals? And just because others are immoral doesn't mean you have to be.
@@limestonecrafter9044говорить что Россия оккупирует Чечню это так-же что говорить США оккупируют Техас.
@@asenfilev239 Vietnam was very immoral, Iraq was quite immoral, Libya was quite immoral, the regimes who attacked them that is :).... But then again Ukraine is a different story and the whole war was due from the very start, created by Russia and the US due to their failures in negotiation 20 odd years ago :)... still it is a very immoral thing none the less...
I will request kings nd generals to make documentaries on all 4 indo pak war
"On its surface, history is nothing more than information, but deep down there is exploration and investigation"
-Ibn Khaldun
Great video!
Why there is no details about russian turret tank that cant aimed above 45 deg where chechen fighter use anti tank from high building
If he was just describing the battle you might be right but he is doing a 20 minute video on the reasons for and what happened in the war.
Thank you for this much-needed follow-up to the First Chechen War.
Grozny provides an excellent example of the challenges and horrors facing modern urban warfighting; its complete encirclement, systematic partitioning, destruction of residential buildings by air & artillery support, and block-by-block pacification with small units of infantry all provide a grim template for conflicts we've seen as recently as 2024.
You left out a key factor. Russia simply employed so much artillery that any point of resistance in Grozny was obliterated.
During the first war, Russia tried taking cities but keeping the infrastructure.
In the second war, Russia did not care if the city was a pile of smoldering rubble, even the smoldering rubble was bombed, then bombed some more.
You do not need to say "Sharia Law", as Sharia already means "Islamic Law". It's like to say "Islamic Law Law". Therefore: "In 1999..., Chechnya adopted Sharia.". Thanks for your high quality video.
Ryazan “sugar” is an important story that tells you everything about Putin’s regime. It started from the bloodshed of its own people. How does it end?
Simple. You stop conspiracy theory spreading and that is all folks!
9/11 happened like few years later. CIA looked that up from the best
Thank you for telling story. More people need to know this.
Chechnya in Russia; Xinxiang In China; Kashmir in India. Wherever Muslim become majority, they seek their own Sharia ruled Islamic country. But they are so soft when minority.
Why shouldn't the Chechens have the right to create the country they want for themselves? This has been their land since ancient times, before the birth of Russia, the USA and Jesus.
@@MasterZang Same reason why Kashmiri, Punjabi can't create their own country in South Asia, Kurds can't in Middle East, Native people in USA, Australia can't, Khasghar people can't in Xinxiyang, Catalonian can't in Spain (despite overwhelming support in the last referendum ). The list goes on and on.
@@shekhar4654 The question is not "that they can't", but rather "when will they become independent".
And don't forget that India was colonised by the British, the wheel is turning.
Ummmm...if they're the majority, then isn't it their right to live how they want to...???
They want to rule by Sharia so that you do not do to them what you did to Iraq America's occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan or have you forgotten?
Id love a video about the Bosnian war
4:07 They went to help the Dagestanis when they asked them. and the Dagestanis abandoned the Chechens as usual 🤷♂️
Yeah "help" 😂
@@ClassifiedUnit-135 I don’t see anything funny🤷♂️ unlike you, I was born and raised in Chechnya. and I know what it was like
@@Barbarossa18 Who knows, maybe you've simply heard stories that losers tell about how good they were. I think Beslan hostage situation speaks volumes as to the kind of people Russia and actual God-fearing Chechens were fighting in Chechnya.
@@aleksandrs1422 and you know very well that the Russian army killed most of the hostages by shooting at the school even from a tank)))
@@Barbarossa18 So I see you disapprove of what Russians did in Beslan. Do you approve of what Chechens did though?
What's the background music playing around 12 min time ??
Great video! The suffering of the Chechen people must've been immense. Still today.
Was Valery the Interior Decorator involved in this conflict?
I think he was Czechoslovakian
Go see the capital city of Chechen ... I never see more beautiful city in World.
its a shit hole.
please make video on russo-georgian war
4:25 I want to say that those Dagestani villages advocated separation from Russia and they were purged, and subsequently asked for help from the Chechens
I dont know where you've got that from. There was a low level insugrency by dagestani islamist groups for years but to say most in the state wanted independence is false. The Chechens massacred entire villages of people who opposed them.
@@aarushk4259 It is true that there was a low level of discontent in Dagestan, but I am talking specifically about those villages that were on the border with Chechnya
@@aarushk4259 I also watched a documentary on this topic. It was said that Basayev came to Dagestan villages in peace and let everyone who wanted to leave go
@@aarushk4259 Most of the fighting was with the Russian army, but not with the Dagestanis
@@richi46 That may be true but from what I’m reading on Wikipedia (yes I know), the incursion was described as ‘potentially genocidal’ with small linguistic groups being targeted and many attacks on civilians and police officers.
“We went to far” - yeah, anime waifu Stalin is too far……
The Russians won by bombarding civilians, bombarding all the buildings, neighborhood by neighborhood. They applied the same tactic in the city of Aleppo in Syria, advancing by bombarding and destroying house by house, and they were successful. The Russians do not commit the same brutality in Ukraine, which is why the war has been prolonged.
The Russian Armed forces do not commit a blitzkrieg style campaign in Ukraine, like they did in Chechnya, or the USA in Iraq, because, they are brothers. Excessive force would be fruitless.
Ukraine is too big and expensive to rebuild
@@victorsamsung2921 is that why they kidnap 700.000 children?
They are not doing it because 1. They tried the blitzkrieg in the first two weeks and lost 1/4 of their army on the field and 2. Ukraine has more air defense systems as of now than the whole continent of south america 🙈
@@papunajilavdari3072 pretty sure they're short on aa munition
Chechen people are endured one of the darkest of episodes possible in this world. destruction and genocide this is unforgettable. Long life chechnya 💪
It’s so incredible that you worry so much about the Chechens. They will thank you for it
As Chechens used force in their attempt to gain independence, suppressing them was entirely legitimate
@@PlumbuM871chechens always remember. For good or for bad
What's the name of music at Siege of Grozniy ??
🍿🍿🍿 for the comment section
Do other more obscure wars!
Very smart of Russia too have a humanitarian corridor yet attack who was left ( provided they physically couldn't leave) . Smart way of separating civilian vs. actual fighters
Do you approve of these RuZZian war crimes--Comrade?
Old RuZZian tactics they learned when they were the Golden Horde!--They did the same with fake "humanitarian" corridors in their war with Ukraine.
I think the civilians who could,would have left with families, to villages perhaps? Or other towns already in control of Russians? But yeah,they would be in a very bad condition. If you have info about this, share
You are WRONG--some people can't leave due to health etc.---Some do not trust the so called "humanitarian" corridors as the RuZZians purposefully bomb them (RuZZians lie, lie, lie) as they have often done in the past.
It is also an EXCUSEE for thee RuZZians to bomb thee place to the ground knowing full well that only a fraction of the people would be able or willing to leave!
The civilian deaths in the conflict were older people or people who had nowhere too go. plus Russia was a little clumsy with air power but considering the situation corridor's are the best way too go@@BarlasofIndus
haha 😂 FSB was just loading sugar in the basement. FSB exam practice
You should make video about US war crimes in Iraq also...like the bombardment of retreating soldiers on the highway!
I knew I would find a Russian and his whataboutism :)
@@sdhutusice6314 He is not wrong.
@@Qin_Lee - Russia invaded neighbouring country without declaration of the war and killed hundreds of thousads of both civilians and soldiers!
- Pfff, and what about USA? They killed few hundred enemy soldiers during Gulf war.
Yeah, it is definitely the same :)
@@sdhutusice6314 I'm not Russian I'm half Iraqi...is the whatabautism a new word for double standards? :)
They do tactical retreat to fight another day not surrender
1:50 Ah yes, America's first president, Washington-chan.
And then a year later 9/11 happened.
if they won why they still pay tribute to local warlord?🤣
Because the local warlord is on the Russian side? 🤣
So Putin blew up his own people to get in power. Then he and Patrushev robbed Russia blind. Putin divorced his wife for a 17yr old he impregnated out of marriage yet he saves traditional values. Half of Russias rich kids live in west enjoying Russian money. Now they invade a country formerly that helped them in WW2. What a nasty place Russia has become. Only friend is China to which “all borders are open” Russki Mir = Russians slaving for China.
Serendipitous considering what's happening today in Ingushetia
they also blew up their own houses to blame the Chechens for it
No.
Put in only fights wars he's already won in his head...that's why his generals confuse him....
As a Finn, I cannot understand the Chechens. They are a small nation (like us Finns) and have defended themselves against bigger Russia (like us Finns). Chechens are excellent soldiers and they have the right to be their own independent state. What will happen in 2024? They fought in a similar war on the side of Russia against Ukraine. We Finns despise the Russian way of working and I would rather die fighting on the Russian side. Why is Russia taking over more land when it is the biggest country in the world and it is not able to take care of what it has. A poor big country with corruption, life expectancy, education level and HIV infections at the same level as some developing country in Africa. White Nigeria
loom you must understand that there is a difference between people who sold their souls for money, people who are forced to go to war by their dictatorous governement.There are also chechens (6 battaljons) fighting against russians in ukraine.
Therer's a republic within Russia called Tuva. It's settled by the descendants of the Mngolian Horde. They herd horses on the wide plains and follow the nomadic lifestyle that is centures old.
Given that infoprmation, here's a thought experiment. Consider the last thousand years of Russian and the Western history. Consider a moment in the future when you're dead and all your children are dead, that your grandchildren live in. Assume they live on the territory that is now Finland. What are the odds that
1. North Atlantic Treaty still exists and is still relevant to their lives.
2. European Union still exists and is relevant
3. Russia still exists and is relevant
If Russia still exists, does
3.1 Tuva still exists and has its own culture?
3.2 Chechnya still exists and has its own culture?
Chechen leaders must have though something like that. And look at their lives and opportunities that Russia has provided them compared to what their lives were under Maskhadov.
Their capital city, Moscow, is the largest and overall arguably best city in Europe. They have a great and reasonably rich capital of Grozny, and preserve their centuries old culture and traditions.
And you could say, well the West could have helped them, well that would probably entail something like joining NATO and eventually having gender diversity officers serving alongside Islamic spiritual leaders. Having their FInnlish allies hating their religion and their way of life that most Westerners would look down on, and being storm troops in containing Russia that Western leaders would not hesitate to sacrifise in case of a hot war with Russia, God forbid.
Look at the recent history. Russia seems to not be an enemy to anybody who's not chosen to be the enemy of Russia first
If you want an example of proper Russian imperialism, Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia are good examples. Chechnya was a war just like Israel's war on Gaza. Not imperialist.
Sending a few soldiers to scare your opponent and your opponent whole of it chases your soldiers away doesn't mean they have defeated the whole of you
So putin condemns what israel is doing in gaza yet he did this to chechnya!!
What a hypocrite
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America condemns Ukrainian invasion, yet they did this to Iraq, Lybia, Syria etc 🤷
Is there a part 🔥 3 coming