How Russia Lost the First Chechen War - Modern History DOCUMENTARY

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of modern warfare continues with a video explaining how Russia lost the First Chechen war.
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Embark on a comprehensive journey through the turbulent saga of Chechnya's quest for autonomy in the First Chechen War. Explore the historical evolution of the Chechen people, from their pagan origins to the impact of late medieval Islamization. Delve into the resilient defiance against the Russian Empire's southward expansion, leading to pivotal moments such as the Soviet Union's incorporation of Chechnya and the devastating deportation of the Chechen people in 1944.
Uncover the socio-economic challenges and institutional disparities faced by the Chechen population within the Soviet Union, culminating in the rise of pro-independence sentiment and the election of nationalist leader Dzokhar Dudayev. Witness Chechnya's bold unilateral secession from Russia and the ensuing clashes, marked by the struggle for autonomy against Russian opposition.
Gain insight into the intricacies of the conflict, including Russia's attempts to thwart Chechnya's independence, the phases of military strategies employed, and the significance of key battles like the intense siege and capture of Grozny. Dive deep into the complexities of guerrilla warfare and the evolving tactics that shaped the course of the war.
Experience the ebb and flow of conflict, from strategic gains to devastating losses, as both sides grappled for control. Learn about the impact of various interventions, including Russia's administrative changes, as well as pivotal moments like Dudayev's demise and the rise of Aslan Maskhadov as a new Chechen leader.
Explore the humanitarian toll amidst the chaos, with detailed insights into the civilian and military casualties, including varying estimates from different sources. Witness the eventual ceasefire and the Khasavyurt Accord that marked the Chechen resistance movement's triumph over the Russian army.
This detailed historical account captures the complexity, intensity, and human cost of the First Chechen War, providing an in-depth exploration of a conflict that shaped the destiny of Chechnya.
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00:00 Intro
01:49 Historical background of Chechnya
03:08 The first phase of Chechen independence
08:06 Strategy of the sides
12:32 Start of the war
14:46 First battle of Grozny
23:03 Russian advance in the South
26:25 Terrorist attacks by field commanders
27:26 Chechen counteroffensive
29:20 Second Battle of Grozny. Chechen victory
31:02 Conclusion
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[@canale39youification]

Just out of curiosity, the those YT members/patrons exclusives will be eventually released on the "public" YT as well or do they remain exclusive?

[@yannFZ]

@KingsandGenerals Next video would be "How Russia won the second Chechen war?"

[@CartoonKofri]

When you will finish the early muslim expansion?

[@hybridarmyoffreeworld]

Moscow horde´s war record :- 1856 defeated by Britain and France 1905 defeated by Japan 1917 defeated by Germany 1920 defeated by Poland, Finland, Estonia and all Baltic states 1939 defeated by Finland 1969 defeated by China 1989 defeated by Afghanistan 1989 defeated in the Cold War. 1996 defeated by Chechnya 2022 defeated by Ukraine WW2 won USA/Britain , meanwhile Stalin's officers were shot or sent to the Gulags. Millions went to the Gulags, including Solzhenitsyn Moscow's only victories come from invading smaller countries :- a) Hungary 1956 b) Czechoslovakia 1968 c) Moldova 1992 d) Georgia 2008

[@darthsidius9631]

Beautiful music at the end

[@imgvillasrc1608]

To get an understanding of how incredibly embarrassing this was for Russia, imagine if Utah seceded from the US and defeated the US military.

[@dark_zAzas8052]

Damn 💀

[@YourLocalHelldiver]

Or Wyoming...

[@imgvillasrc1608]

​@@yutian5884 Tbf, I chose Utah not because of land size but because the Mormons have a somewhat similar past history like the Chechens, and both groups also make up a majority of their respective state.

[@ravenrise320]

A more likely scenario than one might think. Especially if Utah had any help from other succeeding states. One seldom considers what might have occured if the South had been more industrialized and had formed closer ties with other territories or foreign nations during the U.S. Civil War. The world and America might be a very different looking place right now.

[@InquisitorXarius]

@@yutian5884Look up Timeline 191 and you will see a ton of Mormon rebellions

[@christopherjustice6411]

My favorite fact about the Chechen wars. Basically every Chechen spoke Russian. Barely any Russians spoke Chechen. So the language barrier was really one sided.

[@niall_sanderson]

A lot of ethnic subregions are like that. I don’t know the exact percentages off the top of my head, but the percentage of Québecois who speak English is much higher than the number of English speaking Canadians who can speak French

[@snapdragon6601]

They're probably running into the same thing in Ukraine, with most Ukrainians able to speak Russian but few Russians being able to speak Ukrainian.

[@Canthus13]

@@snapdragon6601 Yeah, but at least with russian and ukrainian, there's a shared vocabulary.. Not sure if that helps or makes it worse, though.

[@vitsobotka6268]

Same goes for Ukraine. Many many ukranians speak Russian

[@alkrimiy]

@@snapdragon6601 people in Donetsk and Lugansk, even among pro-Russian militias, often can speak Ukrainian. What is really problematic for Russians though, it's Carpathian dialect. During the ATO (war in Donbass from 2014-2022) Ukrainians used 'Windtalkers' from Carpathian region to send messages. No one except them understand what they are talking about.

[@Artur_M.]

Interesting fact about Dudayev's career in the Soviet Air Force is that in late 1990, as comander of the base in Tartu (Estonia) he ignored orders to attack Estonian television and parliament in Tallinn.

[@Artaban10]

He has several interviews where he accurately predicts the seizure of Crimea and the war in Ukraine. According to him, Kazakhstan could be next..

[@tfdsuikp]

Russians claimed he participated in Afghanistan war for USSR

[@revolutionstudios5052]

@Artaban North Kazakhstan is primarily ethnic Russian. Vladimir Putin would no doubt use that as a justification to intervene as he did in Crimea… if he had an army left over after this Ukraine fiasco.

[@Artaban10]

@@revolutionstudios5052 exactly

[@rcco4556]

@@revolutionstudios5052 If you think Russia is losing the Ukraine conflict you really need to reevaluate your trust in your sources

[@ISAF_Ace]

I’ve always found early federation/late soviet events hard to track. Everything was happening in such a small amount of time that I often end up muddling events.

[@WinstonMaraj-gx8sm]

Read or listen to them over and over and it'll crystallise in you head.Like me

[@swvwc8393]

The Federal Republic of Erusea did nothing wrong

[@TheRezro]

Chechen war was staged by Putin.

[@AquaTeenHungerForce_4_Life]

You have to remember that Stalin, before Putin, had relocated MILLIONS of people, and the ones that survived weren't sent back home until the '60s. By then, Russia had "Russians" move in. They have done this to almost every country that had been a "protectorate" of the mighty Soviet Union. In reality, all they were doing was erasing the languages and customs of these countries and replacing them with Russian culture. Many "Grandmothers" today don't speak their native language, only Russian, because during the 70s & '80s, their culture was erased, and they were forced to speak Russian. It's the same thing the US Government did with Native Americans, which IMO are still getting screwed over to this day.

[@JOSWAY787]

The muddling up of all the events is both the effect and reason why it all happened so fast

[@Mrnewkrakbo]

"Alik, before is too late, tell your men to retreat"

[@pablo_giustiniani]

I was having a good day why did you have to remind me of that 😭

[@muslimkasumov6724]

Chechen here: kudo’s to the makers of the video. As sad as the war was, hopefully it was a reminder to us all that a struggle against an invader is not always a lost cause - how big the power difference may be. I would like to thank everyone that supported us in those harsh times. Injustice, oppression and war will always be part of our human existence, but we owe it to ourselves to always stand on the right side of history and support any people striving for self-determination, freedom and peace. As the old Chechen adage goes: « victory or death »

[@DiegoRodriguez-yc9rx]

or < for money i can suck good > the modern version of your adage.

[@dontfuckingcry1965]

How can so many follow Kadyrov and help Russia invade Ukraine? I know that there are many Chechens who are at the front and who help Ukraine, but you hear more and more about Kadyrov and them there. I have a hard time understanding that a Chechen, are helping Russia. Kadorovites must be Russians, because I can't understand how you can join and call yourself Chechen and then help Russia...

[@DiegoRodriguez-yc9rx]

@@dontfuckingcry1965 japaneses supports united states, even after some nuclear accidents in ww2, soooooooo.....

[@iljenshumilin467]

​@@dontfuckingcry1965maybe because Chechens don't want another war and why would Chechens help Ukraine which is a country full of bandera you think they would allow muslims or black people

[@dontfuckingcry1965]

⁠@@DiegoRodriguez-yc9rx hmmm Japan has not helped the US invade a country, there is little difference between supporting a country or actively fighting together and against another country.

[@imadequate3376]

Insurgencies are hard to fight. Insurgencies that have the general support of most of the civilian population are damn near impossible to stamp out. Also, driving armored colums of BMPs not even including tanks into a city, specifically Grozny of multi level buildings and ruined structures is just begging for a RPG team to launch an ambush.

[@Sola678]

It really depends on the situation

[@Kamfrenchie]

yeah, it's incredible that bad tactics like these were used.

[@LemmingwayArk]

​@@KamfrenchieWell, my country was being invaded by the super-power Russia. We wanted independence by all means necessary. You mostly only heard the Russian side of the story. The Russians bombed Grozny and other small villages, shooting squads and airplanes dropping bombs in places where there were no rebels. So who is the scummy one? They came invading OUR lands.

[@Killer-vi4ih]

The fighting was mismanaged on the Ruski side.....

[@imadequate3376]

@Kamfrenchie the US has made similar blunders. I believe it was desert storm or the war on terror invasion of Iraq the marines pushed like 6 amtraks down a highway and through some towns and they got shot up the entire way and had a amtrak take a direct hit and basically limp to a bridge and the crew had to leg it to escape the Iraqi army following them.

[@HistoryteacherAlex]

I remember that time very well. I was about the age I could have been conscripted to serve in the army. Most of my former classmates tried to avoid that because they were afraid of being sent to Chechnya as soldiers. Also there were some who were proud of their mission. They considered themselves as Russian patriots who saved the united country.

[@cydia1720]

Chechnya never belonged to russia there is nothing patriotic about wanting another peoples country for your own greed

[@Game_Hero]

"united country", yeah, the russian empire.

[@nixx4401]

​@@Game_HeroUnited

[@Game_Hero]

@@nixx4401 The same way any empire is "united", by coercion and cultural economic imperialism and colonialism.

[@AquaTeenHungerForce_4_Life]

It's pretty easy to brainwash an 18-20 year old. In just recent memory, the US gov was all about killing Islamic Terrorists or anyone who looked like one and it had the same effect. Both were wrong.

[@abdullahbokov]

Greetings from Chechnya and Ingushetia! Thanks for the video! I was 15 then.

[@user-po8no1xp6e]

Slava to Ukraine

[@mgm661]

On 25:40 they mentioned a chechen Commander Isa Munayev. He actually later participated in war in Ukraine against Russia in 2014-2015. Unfortunately, he died in the Battle of Debaltsevo fighting Wagner merceneries.. He is a hero for both Chechen and Ukrainian ppl. A few streets and squares are named after him in Ukraine.

[@user-wt3yg8dr1t]

👍🏻 God bless

[@hukumkerjasama304]

free ukraine...free palestine, long live resistence

[@stefanosiclari]

I remember watching videos from his unit, both before and after his death. A true hero for Chechnya and Ukraine. Unlike Kadyrov who proved to be not just a grotesque animal but also a traitor to his own country, just like his father.

[@W4emTP]

There was no war agaisnt russia in 2015 bro

[@mgm661]

@@W4emTP the war of 2014-2015 started when a russian FSB agent, Girkin-Strelkov, illegally crossed the international border with a DRG group and started to capture government buildings in Ukraine, police departments, etc. Do you really think something like that could have happened without direct involvement/coordination with Kremlin, FSB and personally Putin ? You must be kidding me, dude ..

[@davitsurguladze6643]

Dudaev was one of the Great heroes of Caucasia and Great friend of Georgians. We, Georgians, shall never forget his indipendent and resilient spirit 🇬🇪🖤

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

No he wasn't. He had no problem napalming Afghan villages during that manipulated conflict and he had no problem turning the Caucuses into a war zone on behalf of bloodthirsty British Geopoliticians.

[@chiefmuttonchops8473]

@@LyndonLaRoucheArchive "On behalf of bloodthirsty British Geopoliticians". ????? You on crack?

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

@@chiefmuttonchops8473 I'm not the one manipulating people into endless conflicts over the utterly ludicrous idea that because the British Royal family is descended from Jesus they have to rule over humanity.

[@chiefmuttonchops8473]

​@@LyndonLaRoucheArchive Blasphemous heretic! How dare you decry the notion that the Royal family is decended from Jesus. This is so obviously true that it boggles my mind as to why their are unbelievers such as yourself. After the fifth battle of Snodland in 1543 the combines armies of Jesus and Bill Bryson defeated Joe Rogan in combat. Leading to the union of Jesus and King Eijaffajallajokull which the current Royal family are descended from.

[@nihlo5861]

@@chiefmuttonchops8473 By his next reply he is definitely on crack

[@franciscodetonne4797]

> The plan was to take the capital in less than two weeks, while outnumbering the enemy over 10:1 *with* air dominance > the fighting continued on for nearly 2 years Every superpower has its Vietnam or Afghanistan, eh? It's like a tradition or something.

[@ieetpeople4003]

Except Russia has had...What, like 6 or 7 since world war 2?

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@ieetpeople4003 list them.

[@iordanvassilev8091]

​@@rizkyadiyanto7922 Budapest, Afghanistan, Chechnya (x2) and Ukraine are the examples that come to mind.

[@Lttlemoi]

Funny you mention Afghanistan in that list.

[@richardnixon7248]

​@iordanvassilev8091 they won in chechnya eventually, and the Ukraine war is ongoing

[@UltimateRaven]

Yeah, Dzhokar Dudayev was actually a very big martyr figure for Chechens that they even made a battalion named after him. This battalion is fighting for Ukraine even right now from 2014 onwards because they wanted their country to be independent again. I hope Chechnya becomes independent. Another figure to also keep note of is Sheikh Mansur who also has a battalion named after him fighting for Ukraine.

[@babatundeolatunji8702]

I did a bit of research and a surprising amount of the Chechen leaders he mentions in the video ended up fighting for Ukraine, alot of them died there though like Isa Munayev.

[@UltimateRaven]

@@babatundeolatunji8702 That's why I thought the name Isa Munayev was familiar because he was actually killed in Ilovaisk(if I remember correctly) due to the militias encircling the Ukrainian army during 2014.

[@dylanvogler2165]

​@UltimateRaven the militas were losing the battle. The orc army intervened though and that caused the encirclement. Where the orcs, showing why they are orcs, broke their agreement with the Ukrainians to let them retreat and instead shell the route of retreat.

[@UltimateRaven]

@@dylanvogler2165 Yeah, that's what I want to say.

[@akbarhammer7436]

Isa Munayev might have many stories to tell if he were still alive. Interesting and mystic person.

[@RetroRos101]

My father was conscripted in the Soviet Air Force in 1989 until 91. He told me that his commander was Dudayev, he personally shook hands with the guy and never said anything bad about him. Such a sad situation with how Chechnya ended up being forced back into submission.

[@IIIIiii72827]

Nahhhh fam are u mad fuck u mean forced back Into submission chechnya submits to no one

[@artembiyun423]

@@IIIIiii72827 ?

[@IIIIiii72827]

@@artembiyun423 what's so hard to understand

[@Ktaurus26]

Donbass felt the same way. They’ll never be under the Ukrainian boot again

[@artembiyun423]

@@Ktaurus26 yes Russia came along and sent the men as meat into Ukrainian front lines, they will be under the Ukrainian ground now unfortunately

[@mikemodugno5879]

You guys make understanding modern international conflicts way easier. I have always been interested in this topic. Thank you for covering it so well. Could you also cover the current conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. It is not particularly well understood in the West.

[@munteanuiulian7427]

you can find a decent video by one of Simons channels, Warographics while we wait for KG to do their own

[@Game_Hero]

"current conflict", nah it's pretty much over at this point since months. Azerbaijan "won" the conflict and all armenians living there since centuries have fled, all overt public christian symbols have been removed to erase their former presence, Artsakh even officially dissolved itself at the end of 2023.

[@bandera-12322]

So, Azerbaijan is a state in Asia, like Armenia, they have nothing to do with the Caucasus. The Karabakh Khanate was part of the Iranian (Azerbaijan) Khanate. The Soviet Union carried out ethnic cleansing here and evicted Azerbaijanis, settling with Armenians, we returned sovereignty over this place and our land was given to us. After that, the USSR collapsed, Armenia, with the support of the Russians, seized Karabakh and not only, in addition to 7 districts. We waited a long time while they carried out ethnic cleansing, as a result, Turkey got stronger and gave us weapons, like Russia gave Armenia. We took the chance while they were at war in Ukraine and got our own back. In our war, the number of civilian casualties is at the level of 5-6 people. This is so small, we conducted the cleanest operation in history, with the help of bayraktars from Turkey. Turkey also helped Ukraine, otherwise it would have been broken in the first days. We told the Armenians to stay, but they need to change their citizenship, half of them stayed. We saw how the West covered these events when we did everything for them, continuously delivering humanitarian aid, offering citizenship, laying down our arms. They were not even embarrassed that they themselves recognized the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and said that there is no such Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh republic. We have done everything to make everything so safe and clean, to avoid civilian casualties. We didn't even attack the churches where the Armenian separatists were hiding, although one had to be blown up because of the artillery used there. But all the same, your media has made monsters out of us. Now I'm looking at the Middle East and how you cover the events. Perhaps the problem is still the religious barrier. You are ready to go to great lengths to refute your allies and dehumanize the enemy, without even knowing the reason why he is doing this and what the enemy was doing to him.

[@user-nq3en4pu6d]

@bandera-12322 Turkey is a Christian Homeland and Constantinople was only recently changed to Islamabad. The Haggia Sophia, one of the most beautiful churches in all of Christianity. It was turned into a museum, and now Edrogon wants to turn it into a mosque. Turkmen invaders also murdered hundreds of thousand Christians during the Armenian Genocide. Azerbaijan is just another Christian Land that is currently occupied by Islamist. Please, don't spread lies anymore

[@Game_Hero]

@@user-nq3en4pu6d And before that, a Pagan homeland, and during the Attaturk years until Erdogan, a secular homeland, your point? Not to deny in any sense the amount, intensity of human rights violations and attrocities against christian minorities and majoritarily non turkic peoples, yet by your own logic, this "christian homeland" is occupying pagan and zoroastrian homelands and it now magically ok to dehumanize human beings if they are "of the wrong nation" when they too have the right to a home and they too have religious minorities within their cultures, even if you don't like the majority one, you can't generalize.

[@davidsmith40769]

From my understanding, they didn't "win" the 2nd one either. they made a deal with Chechen goons to keep their own in line. So basically Russians pay Kadyrov protection money.

[@michael-gb3rn]

I'm pretty sure there did win the 2nd war but only course the Chechen was split, Kadyrov faction decided to support Russia if there made him leader after the war so the Chechen soldier loyal to the country had to fight on two front.

[@hypnogala]

@@michael-gb3rn I wouldn't say they ''won'' because If they truly would have won, they would be able to annex the country instead of making them a puppet. I'd say their side of the country won and they helped them win. They couldn't incorporate Chechnya into their country so they just work together while Checnya is a puppet on paper.

[@zaurbekmairbekov6357]

The second war was a genocide like the first one but with no borders no damage was to big no casualities were to high no more were to much for putin to get revenge for the embarassement of 1996, when the Chechen leader Zelimhkan Yandarbiev (Vice President in Dudayevs Office, who got President after dudayevs death) talked to the President of russia in moscow in Kreml in Front of the eyes of the whole World like to a Child, where elzin follow the instructions of the Chechen Leader like a little dog, no one won the second war, many Chechens till today talk about the second war as a still on going war we say "this war", we talk about it in presents beacusefor us it dont end, all of our Leaders died foghting the enemie ALL OF THEM! not everyone can talk so proud of his Leaders who dont bow their Heads infront of the Enemy, the russians just killed and killed and killed everyone and everything more than 30% of our around 1 Million Population more than 42 thousand Children including in less than 15 years, they just dehydrate us and the whole beautiful Democratic West with his wonderfull human rights and women rights and everyones matters Slogans just watched how a whole Nation was Massacred in two wars for two decades and supported it with everything they can, cause the same Thing Was going on in Iraq Afghanistan not by russians but by the Rest of the Western World, like today in Gaza, Chechens dont Capitulated like the russians did in 1996 not one signature not one leader we just lost a battle like many many Times earlier but we dont stop for "break" until we have given the russians a very serious and terrifiyng hard battle, and we will rise again like we do for more than 400 years now and we again gonna try to get our freedom and take revenge on the russians for every women for every child for the injustice

[@richardnixon7248]

They did win it

[@snapdragon6601]

Yeah, you can see where all the money goes whenever they show Kadyrov in front of his palace wearing his designer label boots and the videos he's been posting online lately where he's handing out dozens of brand new SUV's to all his loyal henchmen..(Mostly Mercedes and other brands from the "evil, satanic West") - all that money is coming from Putin to Kadyrov for him to keep Chechnya in line.

[@from_Ichkeria.]

my father and my uncles died in this war and our house still stands destroyed by Russian artillery, our president Dzhokhar Dudayev said in an interview with foreign magazines in 1995 that if the world community does not help little Chechnya in the war against Russia, after Russia defeats Chechnya it will try to take over Ukraine, then no one believed him!if you are interested, you can find this video, it is very popular among Ukrainians!

[@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917]

The West's position on Chechnya is the underlining of their hypocrisy when it comes to the Russian war in Ukraine. The Yeltsin/Putin war in Chechnya was waged on a scale 100 times worse than anything Putin has done in Ukraine, and the West threw their full support to Moscow. Even Poland and the Baltics refused to recognize Chechnya's independence. My condolences for the loss of your family.

[@user-pv2gc5qm2x]

Interesnij fakt, ja obiazatelno posmotriu. Mne kazhetsa Dzhokar bil chelovekom chesti i sovesti po ego podvigam i licom Chechni. Ne to chto seichas, k sozhaleniju.

[@Joe-kq5sw]

If this "Nostradamus" was so smart then why couldn’t he predict a fucking su 25 coming to obliterate him

[@mansd5131]

⁠@@Joe-kq5swHe did manage to escape from previous multiple attacks, but it’s still a risk when you are on a phone call with Russian government, and don’t know exactly how fast is the next rocket that they are about to send. But still, he needed to contact them in some way or another, because of the possible ceasefire.

[@W4emTP]

Ur chechen?

[@donskyy]

My undergraduate thesis is about this subject, so it's kinda refreshed me. Thank you so much

[@Develpup]

Loved this video, but wish there was more details on troop movements. I can understand if there wasn't much information. Perhaps the Pacific war series spoiled me. I enjoy seeing troop movements or battle plans come to life over a map. In this video, it was mostly just implied

[@orotewilderness2913]

Guerrila warfare is really hard to track, so much minor events are forgotten by the writers and historians. Also, the war in the pacific was an extremely well documented war, especially by writings from the marine corps, this war was not, or such info is classified.

[@4evermarx]

There is a great podcast 4parts that have much more details. Lions led by donkey have really good first chechen war episodes.

[@TGBurgerGaming]

This is more for the pro war crowd so they dont lose heart than anything else.

[@CMDRSloma]

I remember many Chechens settling in Poland after failed wars. As a Pole I wish them freedom and I think this will eventually happen.

[@Nabil-js5xu]

I heared chechens look kinda European and thats why they integrated in European society pretty well.They are European muslims.Am I right? Waiting for your reply.

[@user-bv1sr4rb1t]

I'm glad that poland haven't become a superpower and lost most of its land for the benefit of Russia

[@zacharydurocher4085]

@@Nabil-js5xuThey didn’t assimilate well into France though.

[@Nabil-js5xu]

@@zacharydurocher4085 Oh are they the same as arabs and north africans?I don't put them with the arab,north african category though.

[@houseplant1016]

​@@Nabil-js5xuThey look the same as North African Arabs, I don't get what you mean by "category"? Making a general assumption is pretty weird, but yes there have been problems with French people of Chechen origin. Like the Chechen that attacked the teacher for showing a Muhammed drawing.

[@DzhokharDudayev-kr9mi]

Not a lot of people even know this war took place. Good job making video about it. Thank god my mother survived this war, but unfortunately my father didnt.

[@colecummings5104]

I dare ask how your father died?

[@DzhokharDudayev-kr9mi]

@@colecummings5104 He worked at airport when it was shelled by russians. I never had the chance to see him cause i was yet not born when he died, only photos.

[@colecummings5104]

Well that sad in your place. Say how your doing in life?better or worse. For me nothing happens to me for now...

[@DzhokharDudayev-kr9mi]

@@colecummings5104 Well as I already said, I haven’t seen my father, so it doesn’t upset me as much as it would if someone who was with their father for many years and then lost him. I am doing much better since we leaved russia 10 years ago. Germany is so much better and cleaner place to life. For example when i lived in Oryol a city not that far away from Moscow, people used to throw away their trash in a big hole in the ground. Can you imagine what was happening in my head when i saw this and then compared it to what i saw in Germany?

[@colecummings5104]

Dirty back in russia and clean in german I think in your head. For me. Might as well share mine. Most of life was peaceful. In Texas I will tell you it is hot everyday even in winter. Right now it is cold here in Washington state. I would tell you. It rains here often and cold here. For america. There is nice people. I am scared the fact "America is not doing good" would be my word. For now america is good. Say anything happens in Germany? I don't hear anything in germany? If not? That is okay. For me nothing happen in america.

[@roihanfadhil2879]

Next: Russian Invasion of Georgia 2008.

[@KHN.RVA.28]

Yes please...its something most people of the west didn't know happened

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

i am glad you said it like that, many people blame Georgia for the war because of russian propaganda but in reality it was just russian provocation

[@user-mhmd-ibrhm]

Also the IDF invasion of Gaza

[@Chiraqboy-Theplugshit]

@@giorgijioshvili9713no one blames Georgia western media back then and now always made it very clearly it was Russia and only Russia’s fault they do not allow history from the Russian point of view to flow in the west too much

[@giorgijioshvili9713]

@@Chiraqboy-Theplugshit good, because its a fact

[@YeeeeGreg]

Love the additional modern conflicts content!!!

[@adamesd3699]

Basayev and a lot of Chechens had actually fought on Russia’s side in Georgia right before the first Chechen war. This gave them a lot of battle experience and also an insider’s look into the Russian army that they later faced in Chechnya.

[@anonsweden8805]

no; they wherena independent unit operating for abkhazia, they were not in or with russia

[@anonsweden8805]

but basayev later said it was a mistake

[@timurdudaev7316]

they fought for freedom for whole caucas,not for pigsrussia

[@vainahi]

They didnt need any inside look of Russian army cause they knew them very well. They all served in soviet army.

[@4evermarx]

Well Basayev is real shady one, worked with GRU and also with pakistani ISI...

[@YoussefDaanBenAmor]

Dzokhar Dudayev was truly ahead of his time, and its almost insane the people of Chechnya managed the emerge victorious against the Russians in the First War!

[@maksimfrolov5918]

This became possible only thanks to the policies of the traitor Yeltsin, who continued to ruin the country (especially the army) throughout his reign.

[@monpacie1615]

Not exactly insane, if you understand how falling powers work. Weimar Germany 1919 could not even resist the new Polish Republic, although German Empire in 1914 could fight on three fronts simultaneously. The Roman Empire crushed other great armies, but at the decline of its powers lost to barbarians.

[@joebetter]

It's a joke, you can imagine how much military and ground equipment they had to oppose to such a small Chechnya. If Chechnya had the same global support as Ukraine does today, I can’t even imagine how disgraced Russia would have been then.

[@Comando729]

Chechens are tough fighters

[@magmegmigmogmug1476]

It wouldn't work, especially with Russia's fragile state after the USSR dissolved. No one would want to risk nuclear escalation with a Nation that had nothing to lose.

[@ImNotYaMateImYaFather]

​@@Comando729I am from Chechnya and yes we are very strong and scary whenever I meet a man I can see in his eyes that I have already won and most times his woman will also submit to me usually offering to give love with her mouth

[@daniel.1683]

​@@ImNotYaMateImYaFather Watch your mouth boy..if you're so hard come to central Park in the middle of the night or come to the chicago hood in the middle of the night at let's see how much of a fighter you are there 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ImNotYaMateImYaFather]

@@daniel.1683 I'm no boy I am 6 feet 5 inches tall and weigh over 130 kilograms,grew up kickboxing and playing rugby so you think it would be so easy do you think so?

[@XCHECHENX]

thank you for this video 👍🏼

[@andreaslermen2008]

The "Lion Lead by Donkeys" podcast has a very good episode about this. It shows, how grim this whole thing was and how bad both sides suffered.

[@johnboxler8989]

Great video. Love the detail as always

[@giorgitavartkiladze3913]

Long live to Ichkeria and Chechen people! As a Georgian, will always stand by you!

[@mastersafari5349]

Long live free and independent peoples of Checnya, Abkhazia and Ossetia!

[@sabcuaron5424]

thank you my georgian brother

[@euroscumbag8377]

I genuinely cannot believe this content is free. Incredible

[@altafali4561]

A russian spetsnaz described Fighting chechens like fighting your own shadow, that move with your every move and land where you land...

[@andriisnihyr6497]

Thank you for the video!

[@balkangamer01]

Good video.. is there any videos going to be about Break Up Of Yugoslavia or Yugoslavs wars in upcoming future? Kings and Generals sure know on how to summarize the History events. Ps. Keep up the good work doing these videos.

[@justworship0570]

Salam from Dagestan ❤ my brothers Chechens are the best 🙏

[@Balkanovic10]

Doesnt dagestan support russia, also dagestan was on russian side during the chechen wars

[@Ramz_an887]

Not all Dagestanis were on the side of Russia.@@Balkanovic10

[@sapienthought1103]

so if i understood right : if im a defender against an occupier and after i see my civilians targeted i decide to target theirs im the one labeled terrorist ? honestly playing with words has gone too far

[@stillsaneexile6587]

Chechens were called terrorists because of the terrorist attacks they constantly committed

[@data544]

Deliberately targeting the civilian population in order to achieve a goal is an act of terrorism

[@dylanvogler2165]

Terrorist: *noun* "a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims". *adjective* "unlawfully using violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims." So yeah that's the textbook definition of terrorism. Of course, the other side can be just as much terrorists, but when you specifically target civilians, like Hamas, IS, etc, then yeah, you're terrorists. Which they openly state as such. They specifically say that they consider civilians a legitimate target and often specifically target them. With Israel and Russia, it becomes a lot more unclear because they claim they don't specifically target civilians but that it's "collateral damage." Which is often bs ofcourse. With both Israel and Russia having bombed places of which you know it will likely result in mostly civilian casualties, be it directly or indirectly. So there is an argument to call them terrorist as well.

[@sapienthought1103]

@@dylanvogler2165 lool i dont need someone to copy paste for me also do you realize how dumb your comment is ? so as long as i say im not intentionally targeting civilians and proceeds to kill thousands its unclear weather it's an act of terrorism or not you brought in israelhh the occupiers and the defenders since when illegitimate settlers who by their nation's law are part of the reserved army became civilians ? lool TERRORISM is just a word used by those in power to oppress the weak and defenders otherwise i see no difference between israhell usa russia... they are all terrorist states who target unarmed civilians in their wars dont embarrass yourself truth is clear for everyone who wishes to use his brain.

[@dylanvogler2165]

@@CL-ie5fz I am anti Russian and pro Ukrainian actually. My pfp is made in Kyiv (made during the war), but that's bs mate.

[@elitely6748]

Good to be early for a brand new Kings and Generals video. I was studying this war a while ago and read how it began terribly initially and how the Russian peoples back home resisted this. Yet I never finished I only got to how close they were getting to the capital and was going to read the 2nd war. But thanks as always for covering this and educating us with such interesting history!

[@robthomas3811]

Khattab and basayev were a couple of interesting characters

[@schaihmansur8298]

Khattab was not really and interessting character. Schamil kept him arround because he spoke arabic and russian and he could get funding in the arab world, brave but even Basaev later commented that he knew that Khattab was only plaing his own agenda and not for the good of the chechen people. Most people wanted him out of chechnya.

[@robthomas3811]

@@schaihmansur8298 oh ya I bet. He can be interesting and a scum bag at the same time.

[@user-nc4lo8wc2m]

@@schaihmansur8298 khattab left afghanistan after fighting the USSR invasion there. He has more experience than any chechen fighting the russians.

[@proofsofislampi]

​@@schaihmansur8298complete bs

[@antonius762]

@@schaihmansur8298Why hate one him he was literally way more battle hardened and experienced and knew how to beat Soviets just like he did to them in Afghanistan and Tajikistan this man was a Soviet/Russian slayer so underrated so undersupplied that if he was supplied good and had more men then Chechnya might of been independent, Ibn Khattab was literally mastermind in gurella warfare and was literally Rambo that and wasn’t killed in battle but by a poisoned letter.

[@DutchSkeptic]

Very interesting, and a better context and background than I have ever seen presented of the First Chechen War. The fact that the Kremlin throught they could capture the capital in 3-7 days shows they learnt very little in the 18 years thereafter... I do think that the animated glittering of the waters on the maps were a nice idea, but unfortunately a bit poorly executed. Not only is it distracting and somewhat annoying, around 12:08 half of Dagestan's land territory is flashing occasionally. This is where aesthetics hinder storytelling, rather than enhancing it, which they otherwise do very well in K & G documentaries. Just a minor point. :)

[@TheRezro]

It is what we call a LaserPig Loop

[@balabanasireti]

Please nevee try to sound like a critic again. Thank you

[@adamesd3699]

I actually liked the shimmering water effect. Didn’t find it distracting. But I can see how some people would.

[@user-pt4fl3xw8z]

Why no one mentioned that Russia was back than unprepared, broke, weak and corrupt. They fought in a very hard terrain and had only young inexperienced soldiers

[@TheRezro]

@@user-pt4fl3xw8z And what did changed? Russians did even have own separatist and PMC units back then.

[@levimulder2334]

historymarche and you perfectly go together!

[@PhilthySpectre]

Changing the street signs is brilliant, idk if something like that would work in the age of google maps, but still a great idea

[@iraklisuladze1185]

Btw together with Chechens, many Ingushs were also deported to the Far East by the orders of Stalin. Later, when Ingushs returned, Georgians left their homes untouched and even left cattle for them. Since then Ingushs have been the friendliest people for us, Georgians, in the Northern Caucasus. Hope to see them independent from this bloody Empire too. +1 to the video about the Ruso-Georgian war in 2008 when we barely survived (the heroes of war made it possible, RIP their soles), while only a few leaders of West supported us (especially Ukraine, Poland, and Balkan States)

[@pinkpunk7084]

oh, u wanna see radical islamic state near your border. i see, dude.

[@user-ou9qd9no5n]

​@@pinkpunk7084Still better than Russia and its Kadyrov-type radical Muslims who beat a student to blood for not considering the Koran more important than all other books.

[@nourelhaqbouamama1534]

wher is the problem ?@@pinkpunk7084

[@sbeno5362]

@@pinkpunk7084 We have no enmity with the Georgians and we do not lay claim to their land, unlike Russia. They are our ancient neighbors and we have experience of good relationships. It is not entirely clear why we must have a radical Islamic state

[@whitegoose2017]

​@@sbeno5362 People fall victim to radical ideologies when they are desperate for freedom I'd say.

[@ZWNH]

Nice video! Do you think you will ever cover the Yugoslav wars?

[@prfwrx2497]

When Dudaev was assassinated, the Wahhabis slowly but surely hijacked the national cause in Ichkeria, and turned the war from one of national liberation into a jihad. That doomed any prospects of international support for Ichkeria.

[@HingalshDealer]

As a chechen I agree with that.

[@NOKHCHlBORZ]

As a Chechen, I completely agree with you

[@Hession0Drasha]

Or any hope for a functional and prosperous society

[@ansur9556]

It still was better for us instead be under occupation of russia. We knew that russia woulde attack us again, so those Chechen's (Wahabi's "wich by the way is a russian given name - Propaganda") tried to free the whole caucasus from russian occupation....

[@ansur9556]

​@@Hession0Drashait funktioned just fine if russia didn't invade us again...

[@joegagnon2268]

One of the top tier channels for warfare history

[@adampowell2144]

If people think that Russia will stop attacking Ukraine, if they merely sign a cease-fire, see this video and other videos on the next battle, the second Chechen war.

[@Hans.Dewitt]

If Ukraine joins NATO, the equation will change completely

[@benitocarbone2123]

​@@Hans.Dewittwill never happen.

[@thebalticpower2301]

​​@@benitocarbone2123 Ukraine will join at some point, so deal with it.

[@benitocarbone2123]

@@thebalticpower2301 it won't

[@thebalticpower2301]

@@benitocarbone2123 It Will though so deal with it.

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video

[@user-fw4uh7ob2s]

Good video, but there are some inaccuracies here. 3:25 Chechnya did not "secede from Russia". It was declared independent (November 1991) before Russia emerged as a state (December 1991). 5:15 Russia had imposed a blockade around Chechnya, meaning nothing came in or out. 5:38 Dudayev had almost unanimous support from the Chechen people. The opposition was largely supported and funded by the Russian army since the beginning. 7:56 Important to note here that the Chechen "air force" basically consisted of only trainer aircraft, except 3 jets which they couldn't operate. 9:01 Basayev was a general of the army, and Khattab only arrived later in the war. So he had no part in the defense of the city. 15:20 Many Chechen fighters were not armed, and had to acquire weapons by picking them up from killed Russian soldiers or from their dead mates. 18:19 Where did you get the 85 KIA figure? The smallest estimates put the losses of the 131st Maikop Brigade at over 1000 soldiers, with others reaching 3500. The entire brigade was wiped out. 20:39 Isa Munayev later went to fight for Ukraine and was killed in action 2015. He led the Dzjokhar Dudayev battalion which is still active. 26:00 Bamut was only taken a year later, in 1996. 27:17 There was no hijacking of a turkish plane in the First Chechen war so not sure what you're referring to. There was one in 1991 though to put pressure on Russia to end the state of emergency they announced. 28:09 and 29:27 Notable mention. The 6th March operation was a prelude to the August 6th Chechen offensive on Grozny. The March attack was to plan and map out the Russian defences in the city to lay the groundwork for the Chechen retaking of the capital in August.' 31:28 Most estimates put Chechen military deaths at around 3000. Keep up the good work! Feel free to reach out if you need sources/footage for future videos regarding Chechnya.

[@mudzbe8414]

He's blindly using Russian casualty figures...

[@schaihmansur8298]

26:45, The Russian airforce bombs Basaevs family. That caused his extreme tactics.

[@blackbaron6745]

a biased channel or ignore team

[@vitaliihalkin5836]

I was looking for a comment like this. There are so many omitted things here or just plain russian views😤 I’m so glad you wrote these corrections😊 Thank you. I’m pretty sure author wasn’t interested in the sources from the Chechen side of a story. It must be so painful to know that russians were deliberately killing civilians, destroying your cities, and yet you would be the only one called “terrorist” for attempts to draw attention to the genocide russia were doing. As a Ukrainian, I want to let you know, that I am so sorry that we hadn’t done enough to support your efforts. We were such a mess back then😢 I really hope that Ichkeria will be a free country one day, with free people living in peace🤗

[@lordpossumgton4599]

But you won't mention, that Maikop brigade had 1200 man in total in three battalions and only about 450 soldiers of brigade entered the city They had heavy losses, but multiply it to the numbers three times more that total brigade numbers just ridiculous. You should learn something else than copium Asschkeria sources 😊

[@danielvertens6787]

Much respect and stay strong chechen brothers and sisters we love you from BOSNIA. We had also a hard time 1992-1995 Never forget what atrocities and genocide did the Russian and Serbian forces did to our civilians only cause we are Muslims.

[@sabsab3361]

Bosnia & Chechens & sadly many more = people who suffered injustice for their deserved freedom ❤️

[@user-wy5fz6hh3o]

This episode is fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Mind blowing and informative video 📹 👌 👏 👍 ♥

[@alpennys]

Long live Ichkeria, Dudayev and countless Chechens who lost their lives as heroes, history will never forget you.

[@thesamenickname123]

thank you mate!

[@MsBaltrax]

Long Live Ichkeria!

[@Shamil_Ichkeria]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@N_chechen]

Thank

[@dopecat4012]

lmao. Might as well say "long live Wakanda", fantasy places are fun.

[@largosgaming]

The events surrounding the railway yard and the disintegration of the 131st motor rifle brigade deserves its own video (and a movie).

[@Gleaves]

Well, there's 1997 russian movie named Purgatory, based on these events. Never had been translated, have some myths, very dark, grim and terrifying, but generally correct in events

[@pigsimulator1337]

Very nice work

[@amangujar3308]

Always thought Dzhokhar Dudayev and Aslan Mashkadov to be quite the badasses. This should be interesting!

[@Hamzat22]

They were. True gentlemen and warriors. Russia has not produced even one such character in over 100 years.

[@unholycephalopod3019]

What about the dissolving parliament stuff?

[@user-fw4uh7ob2s]

@@unholycephalopod3019Brink of war and there is not time to have everything go through parliament when you need to mobilise and make hasty decisions.

[@Abba_Fan]

Yeah except all the terrorist stuff, other than that very peachy. Wonder why modern day Chechnya is a breeding ground for terrorists.

[@abuneo6268]

​@@unholycephalopod3019 was a parliament bought by russia. People who stayed there since Soviet times and they sold Chechnya to Russia. That's why Dudayev replaced them with those who supported independence

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

You guys always make me smile. Happy New Year!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Happy new year!

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

@@KingsandGenerals can you do Philippine History next please?

[@sergiadamo2808]

It will be so great if you make the video on 2008 Russo-Georgian war, which by the way was the first European war in 21th century

[@runajain5773]

In that blakan region a lot of war

[@martinusv7433]

​@@runajain5773 That was in the '90s...

[@jemalajemalai552]

War in Abkhazia would be more interesting, since it lasted longer and there were lot more war crimes, brutal massacres and ethnic cleansing, 2008 war only lasted for 5 days, while Abkhazian war lasted for 13 months and 13 days.

[@sergiadamo2808]

@@jemalajemalai552 yeah Abkhazian War was one of the most decisive but on the other hand tragic part of my country's rich history but i have several reasons why i prefer 2008 War: 1. 2008 war was more large-scale and game-changing conflict with more massive, interesting and wide ranging diplomatic background: for example 2003 Rose revolution, which sparked modernisation reforms in Georgia and subsequently led to the other "Colourful Revolutions" in Postsoviet area. Moreover, Kosovo's announcement of indipendence in February, 2008. Which was the main factor of invading in Georgia as georgia-Abkhazia(so called "south Ossetia", in reality Samachablo, also) and Serbia-kosovo cases was heavily linked to each other in Russia-NATO diplomatic relationship and Putin even Remarked after Kosovo's independence day that Russia learned the lesson from the west rather perpectly and would answer them bitterly. It goes without saying he meant full-scale invasion of georgia in this "answer". Besides it, we can mention NATO'S summit in Bucharest in April,2008 where Georgia and Ukraine were rejected to become the newest NATO's members, which turned out to be "Green light" for Putin from the west to start the invasion of Georgia. 2. August War turned out to be absolutely new challange for Eastern european security and for the concept of Small Countries' sovereignty, which was established after the dissolution of USSR. whereas the influence of Abkhazian War was rather modest and not worldwide compared to 2008 war. It was like Local conflict in the Caucasus region and not large-scale European conflict like the August war. 3. Western diplomatic support. there was too modest interest and absolutely non-existed diplomatic support from Western countries to Georgia during Abkhazian War, otherwise French President Nicolas Sarkozy even brokered the Russo-Geoegian armistice personally and Tbilisi(Capital of Georgia) was scarcely saved from capturing(Russian army was only 40km away from the capital) thanks to diplomatic intervention of the USA. 4. Russia's participation. Russia's involvement in Abkhazian war was inderect and was mostly limited to providing supplies and ammunitions to the separatist forces while in 2008, it was unprecentented full scale invasion in European country with Russian 11th army. The difference between the scale of Russia's participation in both wars was the main reason why the duration of Abkhazian war was a bit longer than August War's.

[@abuneo6268]

mate learn Geography. Chechnya is also Europe. Even more than Georgia. Cause Georgia is partially in Asia. Whereas Chechnya is entirely in Europe.

[@kot-qn5pd]

I recently saw a photo of a memorial of the victims of this war and it said victims of the socio-political crisis of 1994 “in general there was no war, but there was a crisis so serious that we had to bomb the cities from tanks and airplanes.”

[@neerajoshi5473]

Can you also make a documentary like this on the Yugoslav wars

[@namide1]

in fact it wasn't "in 3 days we'll take grozny it was : "in 2 hours with a parachute unit".

[@oohlala444]

I swear Russians got an obsession with doing complex military operations in three days lol

[@MaryamMahad513]

They like to speed up things lol

[@nik9401]

@@MaryamMahad513they like to speed it up from 3 days to 3 years

[@ownSystem]

Ukraine agrees and broke that rule 😂

[@mastersafari5349]

any% 3day speedrun

[@lomik2384]

Но ведь никто кроме Запада и диванных патриотов об этом не говорил🧐🧐🧐

[@dimitriisov1262]

@27:40 I have found it very difficult to source information on the specifics of how General Anatoliv Romanov came to be injured, no solid sources whatsoever, but all seem to agree he was put into a coma after an attack in Grozny. Some sources say 18 days and others say an entire year, none are reputable. Some say he was hit by a remote controlled landmine, others say 2 landmines. I'd like to know where to find the source that was used for this video. Does anyone have more information?

[@pepe_152]

60 hours of Maikop Brigade is a surreal news documentary about the fighting in Grozny.

[@jackzhang8677]

8:29 that’s not a picture of an Mi-24, but an Mi-26.

[@nohcho1015]

The nuclear power Russia attacked little Chechnya and the Chechens won the war, the Chechens had no aircraft, no helicopters and tanks, but they had a spirit that the Russians did not have! They fought with small arms Glory to the heroic people of Chechnya!

[@hafor2846]

@@TheBikeOnTheMoon Cope and seethe, my little Russaboo

[@donrog5035]

Well at the end of the day Chechnya lost when Putin came in power. You can have a strong army but if your leader is weak you won't perform well.

[@zvonkobogdan9634]

They tried to preserve lives. At time they were also very econimicaly weak and bankrupt. Then they -Grozny-ed Chechnya and war was over. Similar is about to happen to Ukwane.

[@r0498]

Sounds like U.S. in Afghanistan

[@GooseGumlizzard]

@@r0498 sounds like every insurgency ever

[@Belerez]

Good video , fella!

[@KapitainZino]

Great videos with a lot of information about the fist lost war of Russia. Good job indeed!

[@Darkseidsolosfiction]

Could you do one about russo-Georgian wars? It happened 4 times. (Or Sochi conflict where ottoman empire Armenia and russian white army invaded Georgia and were defeated)

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

Here before this gets age-restricted

[@Shakeelkhan-qz3ob]

Please make complete series video on Soviet union invasion of Afghanistan from 1979 1989.and also covers the major battle during the war

[@thesamenickname123]

07:41 such an epic picture. Dzhokhar was a General we must learn from. Such an intelligent gentleman. He inspired his small little nation to be the first ever nation to defeat Ruzzia. Imagine how nation of 1 million people proudly won against 2nd army of the world. Chechens have proven they deserved freedom. And they will be free again soon. If you learn more about Dzhokhar and his vision and spirit, you would agree with the fact that he is one of the greatest persons of 21st Century in the world.

[@axmat3436]

Knecht

[@PhoenixAscending]

The first to defeat Russia? I don't think you know their history very well

[@charlie8344]

​​@@PhoenixAscendingFirst to defeat the Russian Federation, not defeat Russian Empire or Soviet Union or the Whites in the civil war. The Russian Federation that came as the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991

[@PhoenixAscending]

@@charlie8344 he didn't say Russian Federation did he. He said Russia

[@abobanger9054]

​@@PhoenixAscending "Russia" is what Russian Federation is usually called

[@fare-5174]

There's more parallels to the Ukraine war than I could have imagined. Thirty years later, and Russia learned nothing. I hope that with the Second Chechen War, everyone else learned something about Russian "peace" treaties, and Ukraine won't walk into this trap when the current invasion is defeated.

[@tugful]

@@TheBikeOnTheMoon типова кацапська гепа

[@mitchjames9350]

Ukraine has aid from other countries such as the US.

[@JP-nu7tm]

@@TheBikeOnTheMoon Russia never learn. 3 days operation to kiev turn to how many years now? Just like the video said, russia can take grozny in 3-7 days but what happened then?

[@dugzamilza5212]

Learn what? Winner takes all. Everyone talking about stupid 3 days who said that of course CNN etc, not a single russian source said about blitzkrieg. Ukrainians are same as russians can fight.

[@Artaban10]

The planes that the Russians bombed before the start of a full-scale war were training planes and not combat ones.

[@Aegis23]

200 training planes? I doubt it.

[@Artaban10]

@@Aegis23 Yes, because the Russians never left heavy and offensive weapons in Chechnya, rightly fearing that these weapons would go to the Chechens. P.s If they were combat aircraft, why were none of these used by the Chechens?

[@rockytoptom]

@@Artaban10 They had maybe 10 pilots from the old Soviet military who actually knew how to fly or who had any experience at all. Not all 200 of those planes would be training units, they would be a mixture of stripped down, unequipped fighter jets and training and reconnaissance planes. It's baffling to me that this is what it is, but almost every retreating power in history has abandoned massive amounts of equipment and arms when they abandon a region. I'll never understand it.

[@rockytoptom]

@@Aegis23 You're right. There might have been 10 training units there, the rest would be recon and actual fighters but the fighters would have been bare of any weaponry, they may have left the units there but they wouldn't have left them armed and capable of causing Russia any actual damage in the future.

[@chickenboi693]

​@@Aegis23 they were mostly L29 and L39 trainer planes, but those planes could have been used in a light close air support role

[@Paata02]

we need this about two breakaway regions of Georgia as well. as it was happening around the same time

[@dewanzulkarnain]

Great great video❤

[@BergmannSS]

By the end of first Chechen war, the capital of Grozny was the most bombed city in Europe since London during the WW2. To put it in perspective the total population of Chechenia was just north of a million. It gotta be the smallest nation to ever face an empire, on and off for 300 years at that.

[@wolfhound6396]

Тузменый Совет трудящихся is a another channel that covered the events of Chechen wars especially the Maykop bridge as I believe it was called in very high detail, the channel is in Russian language, both the kings and generals and that video are magnificent, and I just love learning more about history from them!!!

[@balaclavabob001]

If it's in russian it's proably lies .

[@vainahi]

The New years eve battle deserves a video on its self. When whole brigade was annahilated, with the columns who where trying to help them. Only few soldiers could survive the battle.

[@ivluc1077]

From Saudi Arabia i send my love to my brothers and sisters in Chechnya , we pray for you and all the muslims who are struggling 🇸🇦❤️

[@whymustyouignorereality]

Very, very small thing to criticize, but the reflecting light on smaller bodies of water during your map scenes just simply don't work well. It doesn't do the job on some smaller lakes and rivers. Really sucks because it works really well for the larger bodies of water. I imagine the extra work it would take just isn't worth it for such a small and ultimately insignificant detail. Great content as always and I'm looking forward to some of next year's member exclusive content!

[@Chechenec99]

I have been watching videos on this channel for a long time with subtitles turned on. When I saw this video, I was very surprised, thank you author, now I’m starting to watch it, I’ll like it right away. I am a Chechen, I live in Chechnya in the city of Gudermes, all Chechens want an independent country, but those who say this are called terrorists and are killed.

[@heimstaden4588]

What do normal people think of Kadyrov there?

[@user-yl4fg3xq7y]

@@heimstaden4588 85% of Chechens hate Kadyrov. Nobody says it publicly (because they don't want to end up humiliated on TV or tortured in a dark cellar). But at home our parents have taught us all about him and warn us to be careful of what we say (yes, North Korea vibes). Between friends, from a very young age, we have an immense hatred for him. Regarding the diaspora, 99% of Chechens hate Kadyrov (if they didn't, they'd be in Chechnya right now).

[@Shakeelkhan-qz3ob]

Please also make video on 2nd chechen war and also a complete video on rusaian invasion on Afghanistan from 1979 - 1989

[@kristijankuzman9532]

It wasnt russian invasion on Afganistan it was Soviet invasion on Afganistan!

[@Shakeelkhan-qz3ob]

@@kristijankuzman9532 whatever it is one must got the point whatever it is ussr or. Soviet union

[@Shakeelkhan-qz3ob]

Also dont try to be over smart 🧠

[@neerajoshi5473]

Can you also make a documentary on the South Africa wars

[@christopherhanton6611]

very good i forgot about the Chechen Wars . also, there are some Chechen vol fighting for Ukraine in the current war with Russia

[@Apoc_Bone_Daddy]

I remember all the combat footage, memes, and comtent that came from this It's such an aesthetic tbh

[@dbjungle]

Very detailed! You guys should do videos on the campaigns against the indigenous nations of North America.

[@todorviktorov6714]

there s a lot of intercepted radio traffic in the tube, some of which is extremely hard to listen to.

[@1998topornik]

No one expected that Chechens could put up such a fight.

[@VigilantGuardian6750]

only naive ones didnt, they are known for having strong masculinity culture and religious discipline on top of it are super family focused and traditional plus numerously small and having been genocided already during soviet times they surely were ready to fight vs aggressors who already did bad vs them before

[@Seyfullahalasiya]

​@@VigilantGuardian6750yup, just like pashtun,but chechen more stronger

[@Anony8289]

​@@Seyfullahalasiya Dude ffs the pashtuns ain't got shit on anyone

[@Artaban10]

They should have expected this, because this was not the first war that the Chechens waged against the Russians. Chechens have been fighting against Russians for more than 300 years for their freedom.

[@Anony8289]

@@jeweater420 i don't see how that's a problem

[@Asaz12345]

Please make an account of the Civil War in Sudan. The 8 month catastrophe no one seems to be talking about.

[@july9566]

Nobody cares bruh , my country too of Mexico we’ve been in a narco war for 15 years and nobody cares about us lol

[@iwillletyouchoose]

We care brother, our imam makes dua for Sudan every Friday. Love from India ❤

[@Asaz12345]

@@iwillletyouchoose May Allah bless you exceedingly ❤

[@matheusaugusto8327]

I hope there will be a video on the second chechen war.

[@matthewbokodo6880]

i wonder if kings and generals will cover about the congo civil war 🤔 really hope 🙏

[@upstateNYfinest]

Those czechoslovakian interior decorators hit different

[@eastendbandit2898]

Would you consider doing a series about the bosnian war?

[@KingsandGenerals]

At some point

[@eastendbandit2898]

alright@@KingsandGenerals

[@streampunk6932]

I've read about Shamil Basayev, and I've read about Georgia's struggle a few years before Russia attacked Chechnya. Georgia had similar problems, there was a similar civil war, if in Chechnya on one side it was Dudayev and on another pro-Russian Chechens, in Georgia it was Gamsakhurdia and pro-Russian Georgians, Gamsakhurdia and Dudayev were close friends and Georgia was the first and only country to recognize Chechnya besides Afghanistan. Shamil Basayev led mercenaries to Abkhazia from the North Caucasus where he supported Russians and separatists to defeat Georgians, that's the fate of every pro-Russian person, even if it happens for one moment, it is just a matter of time when Russia backstabs you, independent and fully in control Georgia could've been a better help for Chechnya, but Basayev played a huge role in supporting Russian interests. Gamsakhurdia was killed. Shevardnadze was asked by Russia to let Russian army cross Georgian border to attack Chechens. Still, he refused and Georgia accepted many Chechen refugees. It is a shame that people like Basayev couldn't see bigger picture, it is a shame that people currently living in Abkhazia couldn't see the bigger picture and they'll struggle because of this for a very long time, those who see bigger picture today fight for Ukraine, including Chechens and Georgians. Evil empire must fall so Ukraine is free, Chechnya is free and Georgia regains control over its rightful, internationally recognized territories.

[@zvonkobogdan9634]

Nice one, the last line is especially humouristic. Pro-Russian georgians and ukrainians are true heroes, tho.

[@user-rv6cx3rz7t]

​@@zvonkobogdan9634 What kind of mental illness is this 🗿🗿🗿

[@aabd7023]

Georgia exists today thanks to the Russian Empire, otherwise it would’ve been completely demolished by Persia/Turkey, etc. Learn history.

[@jemalajemalai552]

​@@aabd7023That doesn't mean we should be slaves to Russia because of that, and Russia didn't annex Georgia because they wanted to save it from turks snd persians, they were only serving their imperial ambitions, Russians Genocided Circassians shortly after to serve their politics. Non of the empires are good guys like Russians or Americans, they only serve their own interests, stop living in fantasies and wake up kid, nobody is good guy in politics.

[@streampunk6932]

​ @aabd7023 I know history very well, I am literally a historian. Are you talking about the Treaty of Georgievsk? Let's begin a history lesson. Both the Ottomans and Persians tried to influence Georgians, but they didn't attack Georgians, at that time Kartli-Kakheti was doing pretty well, especially economically. But, Heraclius II feared both Persia and the Ottomans and what would happen in the future, this is why he signed the treaty of Georgievsk and created problems that didn't exist because signing a treaty is what triggered all the attack and unlike Heraclius Russians didn't even consider respecting the treaty. Persia literally sent a letter saying that they didn't want to attack Georgians and asked them to abolish the treaty with the Russians. Heraclius didn't do it, Russians betrayed him and Persia attacked. Russia was the reason for the attacks and total demolition that they used a few years later to break the treaty once again and annex Georgia, marching through lying that they came to defend Georgians. Russia Empire did to Georgians what Arabs, Turks, Persians, and Mongols didn't do for over 1500 years. What are you even talking about? Truly, learn some history, not some fake works Russians create to justify every betrayal, annexation, or genocide.

[@danielbromwich1827]

8:31 either your designation of the helicopter in the picture is wrong, or the image is wrong. the image is of an Mi-26, not and Mi-24.

[@zombarmk]

11:38 - "Grozniy in 3 days." Heard that one before...

[@thelegendarychechen]

The entire population backed Dudayev, there was no opposition. It was a handful of “Chechens” and Russians backed by Russia that opposed independence.

[@abuneo6268]

Exactly. Moreover, how can one call a people who stand AGAINST indepence a "opposition". It's called "diversant" or "traitor".

[@redacted7060]

Now i want to see a video about the second chechen war

[@The_8d-Maestro_1987]

My uncles freind fought in Chechnya and died his 2 Chechen freinds travelled from Chechnya to us in Islamabad to tell us the news and deliver the body.

[@Seyfullahalasiya]

Nice bro, I've never heard about Pakistani mujahid in chechnya, lots of Jordanian and also afghan

[@UmarFarooq-nl4eq]

How did he ended up there from Pakistan ?

[@The_8d-Maestro_1987]

He used to work with the Taliban as a small time gun man . he was very much what youd call a religous guy. So when he heard of Chechnya and the Russian invasion he found a group of guys going to join IBN al Khattab there so he hitched a ride.@@UmarFarooq-nl4eq

[@The_8d-Maestro_1987]

@@Seyfullahalasiyathere are many Pakistanis that went there most never came back. In particular my uncles freinds father and brother had fought in Afghanistan.