How Russia Lost the First Chechen War - Modern History DOCUMENTARY

[@KingsandGenerals]

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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?"

[@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

[@cossack72zaporizhzhian]

You are the best!!!

[@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 💀

[@Trooper-d2t]

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..

[@OcceanWavess]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@konsy95]

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?

[@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

[@abdullahbokov]

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

[@Wqghfxz]

Slava to Ukraine

[@zuesnastrio3062]

​@@Wqghfxzslava to no one but god

[@Chehoslovak]

​@@Wqghfxz I stand with Urîne

[@liudmylab2328]

Please write what do you remember about that time?

[@Chehoslovak]

@@Wqghfxz as a part of 🇷🇺

[@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.

[@даканца]

👍🏻 God bless

[@hukumkerjasama304]

free ukraine...free palestine, long live resistence

[@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 ..

[@W4emTP]

@@mgm661 source?

[@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.

[@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.

[@metehanakdagg]

@@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.

[@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

[@rudolfpuchini410]

Valeikum assalam brother from Dagestan 🤝

[@VitoFranchesko]

@@Ramz_an887 All Dagestanis was Russian side stop lie ! During decenies you just deceive Chechens ! Take exemple Shamil and Baysangur who die like men and who surrender

[@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.

[@Corazon-y5k]

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

[@Zacharoni4085]

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

[@Nabil-js5xu]

@@Zacharoni4085 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.

[@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

[@HHindsight]

@@IIIIiii72827 ?

[@IIIIiii72827]

@@HHindsight what's so hard to understand

[@HHindsight]

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

[@ronkledonkanusmoncher564]

@@Ktaurus26😭😭😭

[@gladiator7269]

I am a Chechen from Grozny and the Russian Empire stole my childhood and youth from me and killed my loved ones. During these 2 wars, the Chechen people (1 million) lost 300 thousand people and 40 thousand of them were children. Now I'm trying to give my three children what I didn't have. Now I live in America

[@j-money1354]

Go back to Russia

[@IndianAmericanTrumpSuppoter]

don't come to Russia kid 😂

[@Tiridates_the_Great]

@@IndianAmericanTrumpSuppoter ok russian bot

[@Tiridates_the_Great]

@@j-money1354 tell me you are a russian bot without telling me you're a russian bot

[@IndianAmericanTrumpSuppoter]

@@Tiridates_the_Great cry Muslim

[@Æthelsan]

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

[@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.

[@AngelRobles-n1s]

@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]

@@AngelRobles-n1s 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.

[@donskyy]

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

[@BD-hm3fb]

Awesome, what major if you don't mind me asking.

[@donskyy]

@BD-hm3fb Russian

[@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.

[@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...

[@IFRYRCE]

"“Alik, before it’s too late tell your men to retreat. Don’t do this, in any case, Alik you and I will die! What is the point of all this you and I will not survive. If we or I see you in the action, I wont show you mercy, just like you won’t understand? It’s better if you come to me as a guest. Retreat your men, have pity for their mothers, have pity for your guys, retreat your men. Give the order to retreat!” “I can’t do that” “Alik I wish that you survive this, but you better leave.” “I don’t have a choice. I have orders and will obey them in any case” Fucking recording gets me every time man.

[@oohlala444]

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

[@AmiraMahad11]

They like to speed up things lol

[@nik9401]

@@AmiraMahad11they 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🧐🧐🧐

[@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.

[@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.

[@porkerpete7722]

​@@monpacie1615gove them their flowers.

[@VitoFranchesko]

they won the first war man

[@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.

[@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

[@XCHECHENX]

thank you for this video 👍🏼

[@chad3232132]

This really was a fascinating war. Certainly one of the most shocking upsets in modern warfare history. A region of Russia with barely 1 million people won de-facto independence against the forces of a nation of nearly 150 million and a massive disparity in military forces and resources. I realize Russia was a disorganized mess in the mid-90's, but it was a major embarrassment nonetheless.

[@savzay_1341]

1990-s: Russia can't make any progress against 1 million people region Now: Russia makes progress against 25 million people country

[@Pridators]

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

[@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.”

[@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.

[@ottomanosman2463]

I am Turkish and our hearts are with Chechen people. They deserve freedom, a lot.

[@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.

[@ВладиславВладислав-и4ю]

​@@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.

[@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.

[@wergrgwgg12]

why would The West help you if your nation literally gave up and didn't fight against Russia? For The West to help any smaller nation against agressor there're 2 conditions: 1) the nation should support democracy. and 2) the nation should stand up and fight by themselves against aggressor. If these 2 conditions suit their expectations, then they help you. Georgia only met first criteria, whereas they failed in the second one. Georgians gave up and no one else is to be blaimed for that. And you should thank United States. Because the president of United States told Putin "If you invade Tbilisi, you will meet NATO forces there". And Putin decided to stop.

[@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 😊

[@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.

[@Apache-t9o]

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

[@Q8iAB]

​@@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.

[@YeeeeGreg]

Love the additional modern conflicts content!!!

[@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]

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@dopecat15]

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

[@gugui156]

@@dopecat15 except this one was real, and if it weren't replaced by the caucasian emirate, it would still be the real one, but unfortunately it was dissolved by those who controlled the last bits of ichkerian resistance, so it must be reestablished as Ichkeria once the Ukraine adventure finally ends.

[@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.

[@jvbiians2358]

Inšallah they will be free. Love Chechnya from Bosnia ❤️

[@robthomas3811]

I was just in Mostar recently… cool place

[@aslan2046]

🤝

[@CHE_BERGMANN]

Босния❤️

[@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.

[@birmanets]

Sheikh Imam Shamil asked a Russian general "Why do you want to conquer the Caucasus/Kavkaz region"? The Russian general replied "We want to bring civilization to you!" Sheikh Imam Shamil then asked a few Russian soldiers to take off their boots. The Russians did and their feet stank rotten. The Sheikh then asked a Chechen Mujahid to take off his boots, his socks were clean as Muslims wash 5 times a day...

[@geniusssss]

А потом русскому генералу перерезали горло? Или, может, его дочь похитили и чтобы быстрее получить выкуп - отрезали ей пальцы? Продолжение интригует.

[@abdgdga.dbg.]

Тогда русский генерал попросил две в сырном. Конец анекдота.

[@mainkraft-vg2rc]

Ты нарушаешь неписаное правильно. Нельзя придираться к прозападным комментариям. По отдельности они- они из себя ничего не представляют​@@abdgdga.dbg.

[@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_15293]

​@@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_15293 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?

[@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 ❤️

[@MaxWulf]

🟩🟩🟩⬜️🟥⬜️🐺🤝🐺🇧🇦 Thank you brother. Much respect to our Bosnian brothers☝🏻

[@ЕгорТрегубов-щ8ю]

Свинка спок .

[@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

[@Huund63]

Thank you so much brother, we haven’t forgotten how you helped us during the battle with the Tatar-Mongols and in the Kazikumykh battle during the Dzurdzukis, Georgians have the best cuisine and culture🫂❤️

[@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.

[@Україна-м6с]

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]

@@Україна-м6с And what did changed? Russians did even have own separatist and PMC units back then.

[@sjoerddondersteen1337]

'A Chechen and a Russian officer have a brief conversation' remains among the most melancholic & hauntingly tragic audio recordings on youtube.

[@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

[@levimulder2334]

historymarche and you perfectly go together!

[@soumyadiptamajumder8795]

Until the 16th century, Chechens and Ingush were mostly pagans, practicing the Vainakh religion, with a sizable minority of Orthodox Christians. From the 8th to 13th centuries (i.e. before Mongol invasions of Durdzuketia), there was a mission of Georgian Orthodox missionaries to the Nakh peoples. Their success was limited, though a couple of highland teips did convert (conversion was largely by teip). However, during the Mongol invasions, these Christianized teips gradually reverted to paganism, perhaps due to the loss of trans-Caucasian contacts as the Georgians fought the Mongols and briefly fell under their dominion. During the Middle Ages, two states evolved in Chechnya that were run by Vainakhs. The first was Durdzuketia, which consisted of the highlands of modern Chechnya, Ingushetia, the Prigorodny District of North Ossetia, and parts of central Chechnya and Ingushetia. It was allied to Georgia, and had heavy Georgian influence, permeating in its writing, in its culture and even in religion. Christianity was introduced from Georgia in the 10th century and became, briefly, the official religion, despite the fact that most of the people remained pagan. Georgian script was also adopted, though this has been mostly lost by now. Durdzuketia was destroyed by the Mongol invasions. Simsir was a principality, and unlike Durdzuketia, it frequently switched around its alliances. Despite common ethnic heritage with Durdzuketia, it was not always linked to its southern neighbor, although it was in certain periods. It was located roughly where today's Gudermes and Nozhay-Yurt district are situated, on, along and around the Sunzha and Terek rivers. One should note that northwest Chechnya and northern Ingushetia were never part of its dominion, or of Durdzuketia's, but were in fact ruled by the Alans. It originally also had lands in southeast Chechnya as well, but over the course of its existence, it became more and more focused on the Sunzha river as the core of its statehood. It soon allied itself with the Golden Horde and adopted Islam afterwards. However, this proved to be a mistake as the alliance bound it to war with Tamerlane, who invaded and destroyed it. During the 13th century, the Mongols and their Turkic vassals launched long and massive invasions of the territory of modern Chechnya (then the Georgian allied Vainakh kingdom of Durdzuketia). They caused massive destruction and human death for the Durdzuks, but also greatly shaped the people they became afterward. The ancestors of the Chechens bear the distinction of being one of the few peoples to successfully resist the Mongols, not once, but twice, but this came at great cost to them, as their state was utterly destroyed. These invasions are among the most significant occurrences in Chechen history, and have had long-ranging effects on Chechnya and its people. The determination to resist the Mongols and survive as Vainakh at all costs cost much hardship on the part of ordinary people. There is much folklore on this among the modern Chechen and Ingush. One particular tale recounts how the former inhabitants of Argun and the surrounding area held a successful defense (waged by men, women and children) of the slopes of Mount Tebulosmta during the First Mongol Invasion, before returning to reconquer their home region. Fierce resistance did not prevent the utter destruction of the state apparatus of Durdzuketia however. Pagan sanctuaries as well as the Orthodox Churches in the South were utterly destroyed. Under the conditions of the invasion, Christianity (already originally highly dependent on connections with Georgia) was unable to sustain itself in Durdzuketia, and as its sanctuaries and priests fell, those who had converted reverted to paganism for spiritual needs. Historical documents were also destroyed in mass amounts. Within a few years of the invasion, Durdzuketia was history- but its resistant people were not. Even more disastrously, the Mongols successfully established control over much of the Sunzha river- thus an existential threat to the Durdzuk people due to their need for the Sunzha's (as well as the Terek's) agriculture to support their population. The feudal system of vassals and lords also fell into shambles. The utter destruction of the Vainakh's statehood, their lifestyle (and in the South, their religion), and much of their knowledge of history caused them to rebuild their culture in many ways. The population developed various methods of resistance and much of their later lifestyle during the resistance to the Mongols and in between the two wars. The clan system mapped onto battlefield organization. Guerrilla tactics using mountains and forests were perfected. It was during the Mongol invasions that the military defense towers that one associates today with the Vainakh population came into being. Many served simultaneously as homes, as sentry posts, and as fortresses from which one could launch spears, arrows, etc. The contribution of men, women and children of all classes paired with the destruction of the feudal system during the war, rich and poor also helped the Vainakh to develop a strong sense of egalitarianism, which was one of the major causes for the revolt against their new lords after the end of the Mongol invasions.

[@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

[@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...

[@realngga]

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]

@@realngga 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.

[@wergrgwgg12]

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

[@banerjeesiddharth05]

Mind blowing and informative 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.

[@thesamenickname123]

26:38 I cannot believe that author called Basayev a terrorist but during the video he didn't call a single ruzzian soldier "terrorist". Even after the massa*cr in Samashki. Basayev is not terrorist. Basayev demanded to stop the war. Not to prolongate it. He would be a terrorist if he demanded money and helicopter. But he demanded to stop the war and that's all.

[@mind-blowing_tumbleweed]

He literally called himself a terrorist. Also he is a recognized terrorist by USA and EU. Seeing your nickname, I didn't expect anything meaningful anyway.

[@zurabavaliani8101]

Even Maskhadov condemned him and as far as I know, Maskhadov called him a KGB agent, which is not far-fetched, he worked with the KGB while fighting in Azerbaijan and then in Georgia(Abhkazeti) which was supporting Chechnya's independence at the time and it was very counterproductive for the cause unless Russians used him. Kadirov is also another example, he fought with Chechens in the first war that does not mean he was a hero. Georgia will always support Chechnya but not people like Basaev or Kadirov.

[@pepe_152]

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

[@andriisnihyr6497]

Thank you for the video!

[@Belerez]

Good video , fella!

[@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917]

The Chechens have always been among the most relentless fighters against the Russian Czarist and would-be Czarist regimes. Their history is a fascinating one. But I wonder how many others have asked if the West's tears for Ukraine are genuine, where were those tears for the Chechens?

[@АхмадНохчи]

I am a Chechen, we have never been treated sincerely, this is a political game. They only need a hot spot on the territory of Russia, during the war in Ukraine. We will be abandoned as soon as the massacre begins and no one will help us, as they did not help us before, so I will try to protect my people.

[@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917]

@@АхмадНохчи I fully support Chechen independence.

[@vladimirerfan7721]

Because there was little media coverage compared to today.

[@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917]

@vladimirerfan7721 There was plenty of media coverage then too. Still the West didn't give the faintest condemnation of Russia.

[@stefan5730]

Back than the west was working with Russia, because Russia helped destroy the USSR, so the mood was kind let's give them Chechenia at least.

[@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

[@pepebeezon772]

Funny you think you can use google maps in a war when the phone network can shut down with a button

[@lucamckenn5932]

It is. Counter intelligence has and always will be the greatest weapon of war. Look, to the north, an armored column! It was actually several blow up tanks, a ruse, the real threat is behind you and beside you because you put all your concentration northward.

[@marcofava]

It did in Ukraine

[@ZWNH]

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

[@JesusChristItsJasonFrog]

« Surrounding Grozny in 3 days » lmao they love these 3 days initiatives 😂

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

You guys always make me smile. Happy New Year!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Happy new year!

[@alfrancisbuada2591]

@@KingsandGenerals can you do Philippine History next please?

[@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?

[@MasterZang]

@@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).

[@eastendbandit2898]

Would you consider doing a series about the bosnian war?

[@KingsandGenerals]

At some point

[@eastendbandit2898]

alright@@KingsandGenerals

[@soumyadiptamajumder8795]

During the Russian Civil War, the Northern Caucasus switched hands several times between Denikin's Volunteer Army, the Bolshevik Red Army and the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus, which eventually allied with the Bolsheviks as they promised them greater autonomy and self-rule. Initially, the Chechens, like many other Caucasians, looked very positively upon communism. The indigenous Chechen systems and culture led them to place a high value on equality, and communists promised an end to imperialism (and especially Tsarist rule), making them even more attractive. Furthermore, the majority of Chechens lived in poverty. As was also the case for many Georgians, the cultural tolerance and anti-imperialist rhetoric of communism was what made it so appealing to Chechens (and so terrifying for Cossacks). Many Sufi priests, despite communism's contempt for religion, filed into the ranks of the communists as they felt that preserving the morals of their religion (including equality, which the communists stood for) was more important than its practice. However, like other peoples, divisions arose among the Chechens. The differentiation between classes had by now arisen (or re-arisen) and notably, alliances between the Russians (and other "inogorodtsy") were also splintered. This combined with the ethnic division of Chechnya- between the natives as well as other non-Christian minorities, the "old colonists" (i.e. Cossacks) and the "recent colonists" (non-Cossack Russians), combined with the political divisions among each group, led to a complicated conflict pitting many different forces against each other. At only one year into the conflict, five distinct forces with separate interests had formed with influence in Chechnya: the Terek Cossacks, the "Bourgeois" Chechens following Tapa Chermoev, the Qadiri Communist-Islamists under Ali Mitayev, the urban Russian Bolsheviks in Grozny, and lastly the relatively insignificant Naqshbandis with loyalties to Islamists in Dagestan. In response to the February Revolution, the Bolsheviks seized power in the city of Grozny, their stronghold in Chechnya. Meanwhile, a "Civil Executive Committee" was formed in the Terek district by a group of native "bourgeoisie". It notably included the Chechen oil-magnate Tapa Chermoev in its structures. The Civil Executive Committee was a multi-national organ and included people from many of the ethnic groups of the Caucasus. It nominally accepted the authority of the provisional government in Moscow, but explicitly stated its goal of securing autonomy. A third force, the Terek Cossacks, began organizing to resist the Bolsheviks who had taken control of Grozny (as well as some other cities in the Caucasus). To make matters even more confusing, a group of Naqshbandi Islamists in Dagestan organized under the Shiekh and livestock breeder Najmuddin of Hotso, and declared an Muftiate of the North Caucasus in the summer of 1917, supposedly a successor state to Shamil's Caucasus Imamate. The Chechen Qadiri sheikh, Ali Mitayev, a "Communist-Islamist" who believed that Communism was compatible with Qadiri-Sunni Islam, set up a Chechen National Soviet. Mitayev shared the communist ideals of the Russian Bolsheviks in Grozny, but insisted on Chechen national autonomy as well. As the scenario progressed, Chermoev and the rest of the Civil Executive Committee would temporarily set aside their disdain for the Naqshbandi Islamists and persuade Najmuddin to serve in their government, which evolved from the Civil Executive Committee into a Mountain Republic. At this point, the clash was between the Whites and the indigenous peoples who opposed them. The Ossetes and Cossacks sided with the Whites, whereas everyone else fought them. This therefore made Bolshevism become the lesser evil or even a strong ally against the Whites. The originally reluctant support of the Bolsheviks soon became firm after the Whites began committing massacres against Chechen villages. Tapa Chermoev became the ruler of the Chechen constituent to the "Mountain Republic". Chermoev ironically allied himself with the Cossacks against the inogorodtsy, who seized power briefly in early 1917. Chermoev and the other major figures among the Mountain Republic sought to incorporate the Cossacks (establishing what would have been essentially the first friendly relations between Chechens and Cossacks- unsurprisingly, the uneasy alliance soon gave way). A Chechen National Soviet was set up under Ali Mitayev. Dagestani Islamists tried to establish an emirate and incorporate the Chechens, but the Chechens wanted nothing to do with them- one of the few things all Chechens, which even the Islamists agreed on (most Chechens were Qadiri, meaning they viewed the Naqshbandi with contempt). The alliance between the Caucasians and the Cossacks soon disintegrated as the threat posed by the inogorodtsy receded. Chechens and Ingush demanded a return of the lands they had been robbed of in the previous century, and the Chermoev government, increasingly revealed as without any control over its land, despite opposing this (and in doing so, losing the support of its main constituents), was powerless to stop them. Chechens stormed North to reclaim the northern parts of their homeland, and land-hungry, impoverished Chechens revived the practice of attacking the Cossack stanitsas in order to feed their children. As the Chermoev government collapsed, Chechens allied, at least vocally, with the Mensheviks in Georgia, while the Cossacks tried to ally with the Bolsheviks, who, appealing to the Cossacks, referred to the Chechen's actions as being symptoms (unfathomably) of "racist bourgeois nationalism" (using bourgeois to refer to a practically impoverished people). However, the Cossacks did not have an affinity to the Bolsheviks, and when the Denikin's Whites appeared on the scene, their appeal to Cossacks as Russian patriots, and their contempt for non-Russians resonated strongly with the Cossacks. The civil war dragged on, and Chechen hopes in the Mensheviks soon were dashed as the Mensheviks became increasingly weakened and lost control of the Northern regions of their own country. The Whites, with their Cossack and Ossetian allies, massacred village after village of Caucasians (it was then that the Georgians of North Ossetia, previously 1-2% of the population, were forced to flee and the rest completely massacred, by the Ossete Whites and Cossacks). The Bolsheviks appealed to the Caucasians (except the Georgians, who remained loyal to the Mensheviks, who they viewed as slowly becoming Georgian patriots), arguing that they now realized that the Cossacks who they had appealed to previously were merely imperial tools, and that, knowing this, they would back Caucasian demands all the way. The Chechens were desperate for any sort of help against the Cossacks, and wanted to reverse the cause of their perennial poverty- the loss of Northern Chechnya to the Cossacks- so they joined the Reds by the thousand. Originally, the advancing Bolsheviks (who were also mainly ethnically Russian, like the Whites they defeated) were viewed as liberators. However, less than half a year after their arrival, rebellion on the part of the Chechens against the Bolsheviks flared up again, because it was discovered by the Chechens that "the Russian Bolsheviks were just a new kind of imperialist, in Communist disguise". Following the end of the conflict in 1921, the Chechnya-Ingushetia had been first made part of the Soviet Mountain Republic, and until it was disbanded in 1924 received the official status of an autonomous republic within the Soviet Union in 1936.

[@BolshevikCarpetbagger1917]

You're right for the most part except the last paragraph. The Chechens that rose up against the Bolsheviks were few in numbers, mostly religious zealots and landowners that had no support among the populace. The 1920's was the Chechen Spring: they had for the first time their native language as primary status, publications, school, you name it. Chechnya was actually separated from the Soviet Mountain Republic in 1922, not 1924. It had the official status as its own autonomous republic until 1934 when Stalin merged it with Ingushetia (against the wishes of either peoples). During WWII, the number of Chechens who looked to the Nazis for salvation didn't number more than 100 or so.

[@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.

[@porkerpete7722]

​@mitchjames9350 doesn't matter. They don't have the air superiority. And the NATO training isnt doing the job. NATO doesn't specialize in Guerilla warfare, which is required against a better equiped army=Russia.

[@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!

[@namide1]

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

[@thelegendarychechen]

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

[@wergrgwgg12]

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

[@joegagnon2268]

One of the top tier channels for warfare history

[@Cbx27]

Great documentary as always

[@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.

[@Shakeelkhan43211]

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!

[@Shakeelkhan43211]

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

[@Shakeelkhan43211]

Also dont try to be over smart 🧠

[@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)

[@fkbangagargzdai2676]

Dzoktar dudayev was key man , because he had strong of his forces , didint let them to create a choas. After he was killed this actually happened in Chechnya even if war was won

[@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.

[@ralfrufus6573]

It was Dudayev who said that the rise of Ukraine would be the demise of Russia. He was right.

[@jackzhang8677]

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

[@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

[@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 ❤

[@waqarbaig9779]

The fact that most of the times, numerically superior but practically inferior forces just turn towards civilians is Very shameful act and must be stopped/atleast opposed by the internal community. Destroying cities and towns is really barbaric. After so many years of, so called, civilized world... We are still living in a vicious world. As you can see, most of the time, this happens when the aggressor can't hold on in the field well and out of their humiliation, they turn the coward way. If you see this happen anywhere, then it would simply tell you whose has the right to defend them self and whose the aggressor.

[@michaelwarenycia7588]

Russians have always been like this. In Ukraine we know.

[@waqarbaig9779]

Not only Russia, their are other nations which are doing the same... 😢

[@Zacharoni4085]

Only cowards attack unarmed civilians.

[@xSavedSoulx]

@@michaelwarenycia7588not just israel

[@michaelwarenycia7588]

@@xSavedSoulx fair enough. Probably more examples than one can remember at any given moment

[@Mal-u-Envy]

It's isn't terrorist attacks, when your fighting to regain your own country

[@Daniel_15293]

Attacking civilains that have nothing to do with this conflict and are just living is a crime and a terrorist attack. And with this you will only cause more hatred that could backfire to you and your people aswell, you stupor.

[@dmytrokhakhula5746]

Love the amount of ruskies bots in the comments, it means you guys are doing a great job! Thank you K&G for the video, keep up the great work!

[@monarch_63]

Привет, украинский бот👋

[@sbeno5362]

I would like to add that Ingushetia remained part of Russia because of the Prigorodny district, which, according to the law on the rehabilitation of repressed peoples, was supposed to return to its composition. This land was included in Ossetia after the deportation of the Ingush along with the Chechens to Central Asia, and the Ingush hoped to return it. In 1992, the East Prigorodny conflict occurred and Russian troops, together with the Ossetians, actually committed ethnic cleansing, killing or expelling the Ingush from there. Most likely, this was a Russian provocation with the aim of forcing Chechnya to send troops there; Dudayev and the President of Ingushetia Aushev adhered to this position. After this, Aushev, a friend of Dudayev, spoke out many times in favor of re-unification with Chechnya and secession from the Russian Federation, but the moment was missed and Russian troops would not allow this to happen

[@timurdudaev7316]

ingushetia marry with russia ,like cinderella,all you must know about ingushetia its they fought against Chehcnya in Caucas war when was imam Shamil and left us in 2 new wars

[@sbeno5362]

@@timurdudaev7316 like cinderella тов. Sa vash, the Ingush raised the Nazran uprising in 1858 with the goal of throwing out the Russian garrison from the city and becoming part of the independent North Caucasian Imamate. Our troops made several attempts to reach them, but were unsuccessful. I believe that we should judge peoples by their best representatives, not by the scoundrels who serve for the Russians. It’s hard for me to judge the Ingush for not joining the war on our side in the 90s. Today we see that not a single one of Ukraine’s allies openly enters into war, fearing the consequences. And Ingushetia is only 3,000 square kilometers and less than 200,000 people at the start of the war.

[@VitoFranchesko]

@@sbeno5362 blablabla

[@neerajoshi5473]

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

[@pigsimulator1337]

Very nice work

[@Xiao_ying21]

@kingandGenerals could you do a video about the transnistrian war i always wanted to know more about that conflict plz

[@KingsandGenerals]

At some point

[@Xiao_ying21]

@@KingsandGenerals oki

[@soumyadiptamajumder8795]

Two important reasons to hold onto Chechnya: 1. Signal value In the Russian tradition, a shrinking of their territory is a very bad omen of the coming disaster. This was true at the conclusion of the peace deal with Germany in 1918. And even more so at the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. The ruler who allows that to happen, won’t sit much longer in the Kremlin. 2. The Domino effect Significant parts of Russia are populated by Turkic Muslim minorities. Parts of their national elites feel more loyal to the teachings of Mohammed than to the Russian Federation. For example, the Chechen strongman Kadyrov, by introducing Shariah law in his autonomous territory, has de-facto suspended the Russian constitution. Allowing Chechnya to secede may send dangerous ripples to neighboring Dagestan. This was the bastion of anti-colonial insurgency against Soviet empire in the 19th century. Because this autonomy is a patchwork of many different ethnicities, this may spark an interminable internal conflict reminiscent of Northern Ireland in the 1960s-80s. Along the Volga River, Russia have Turkic territories. Some of them had their own statehood before Russia got theirs. Tatarstan autonomy is a relatively wealthy region with a strong sense of ethnic identity. (A few centuries ago Russia was even their tributaries.) They are net donors to the federal budget and have their own industry and petroleum fields. If Russia let the Chechens go, some strong-headed nationalists will certainly step forward and ask: “If the Chechens made it happen, why not us”? Further east, Russia have other Turks that can get the wrong idea. Yakutia is large and insanely rich in minerals. They also have a history of a rather effective anti-Soviet nationalist insurgency long after the Communists defeated everyone else in the European part of the USSR. Russian political regime mono-ruled by Putin since 1999 is paranoid about setting a precedent of de jure secession from the Russian Federation by one of its 83 constituent territorial subjects. Chechnya in this state political framework is one such subject that’s territorially and economically minor compared to such economic heavyweights like, say, Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, Sakha-Yakutia and the massive Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk regions in Siberia. That said, the Chechen Republic is highly important geostrategically. It is located in the North Caucasus region bordering with the Republic of Georgia in the south and neighbouring the oil-rich Republic of Azerbaijan (via interlocutor Dagestan Republic) in the east by the Caspian Sea. The Kremlin rightly considers the North Caucasus region, with Chechnya situated almost at its centre, as the crucial geopolitical flank to Asia Minor/Middle East. And the region is rich in petroleum, which has been first prospected in Grozny by British Petroleum Company back in 1893 and in Baku, Azerbaijan at the time. Notably, Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite explosive and benefactor of the eponymous Nobel Prizes, made big fortunes with his two brothers from investments in Baku oilfields. In summary, Russia manically ‘bosom-grabs’ Chechnya because of its geostrategic importance and the paranoid fear inside the Kremlin that if Chechnya secedes, the rest of the Russian Federation will fall apart. I will say they have a reason to fear this scenario, as the country is moulded together by centuries of brutal atrocities, violence and fear, - not civil-societal cohesion. The Russian state is aptly described in Russian as «тюрьма народов» - “prison of nations”. I completely agree with this definition.

[@Zara-T_780]

High quality comment

[@hasbolalultimatum]

Hello! Hey, the video wasn't bad, but it was very understated and not objective. By the way, I would also like to mention why Basayev took such a step in Budennovsk. In your video you mentioned how Russian troops took Shatoi and Vedeno. Vedeno is the place where Shamil Basayev was born, his 6 children, his wife, and 12 relatives were found there, and Vedeno was subjected to heavy bombing, there was no whole house left there. Relatives and family of Shamil Basayev were killed a week before Budyonnovsk. Then Basayev, angry at Russia, secretly gathered 200+ to take Russian officials hostage initially to Moscow, without warning Maskhadov and Dudayev about this. Initially, Basayev's goal was Moscow, but then, due to a lack of money to bribe the police, Basayev captured Budennovsk. Listen to Shamil Basayev's interview where he is in Budennovsk.

[@muhammedalfatah]

We are sorry that we let down our chechen Brothers, really. But Inshallah, we shall be united once again

[@fridaynight3181]

Brother? You guys are not even blood related.

[@justacat2]

@@fridaynight3181 religion related

[@dmitrikulkevicius9161]

@@justacat2 Tell that to Sunni and Shia to work together, it's like Christianity where wars were led to 30 years of non-stop conflict.

[@justacat2]

@@dmitrikulkevicius9161 listen, muslim kingdoms always fought eachother, same with christian kingdoms, that's not new, but that does not mean we're not united when our brother nations get invaded

[@dmitrikulkevicius9161]

@@justacat2 Just saying religion will never unite people.

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video

[@WilliamSimpson-qn5tq]

This is a wonderfully detailed recount of the actual events. As an American who had just rotated home after serving in the first gulf war I didn’t pay much attention at the time. I was glad that the Russians were having a hard time unifying what was left of the Soviet empire. Thank you for putting out such a detailed recount of historical event that ironically would have so much sway on the future.

[@ЕгорТрегубов-щ8ю]

Свинка спок .

[@ЕгорТрегубов-щ8ю]

Амв что хорошого что росми было трудно обьединится

[@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 🇸🇦❤️

[@RapidFire740]

Russia should just remove the Blue and Red from their flag already. the all-white version is by far the more commonly used flag, clearly

[@monarch_63]

Да не, мы же не во Франции

[@creightonleerose582]

Russia Estimates: >"17,000 Chechen Fighters Killed"

[@user-fw4uh7ob2s]

☝🏻

[@creightonleerose582]

@@user-fw4uh7ob2s There yee are.... Agreed. They'd seemed to possess some extra-territorial assistance of some kind, plus, Fighting for the correct reasons tends to light a fire in ones heart thats well nigh impossible for others to extinguish yes? Id had a dream a few months back that left an impression on me, the experience was many layered with multiple physical sights present, so Ill keep it short, as it would take up some space here. -The most incredible element was prob somewheres in the North-to mid Caucasus range, in Dagestan most likely? I say such due to the uniqueness of the landscape & rock/stone formations unlike any other areas in the

[@user-fw4uh7ob2s]

@@creightonleerose582 Maybe the place youre mentioning is Gunib? It was the place of Imam Shamils surrender in the Caucasian war. Also Chechen version of GAZAVAT is GHAZOT.

[@creightonleerose582]

@@user-fw4uh7ob2s DUDE!....Im pretty sure thats what it was! Guess its the same no matter the exact spelling correct? Akin to seeing one word but seeing differences in languages as to the correct spelling.... Im aware of Gunib, I possess a few books on Shamil, as hes one of my personal heroes. He holds prominent position on my living room wall within an 8x10" glassed-in framed photo, of his own signature: "Dont Bull-Shit Me" look of his....;) Ive checked it on google landsat, but what looks more clearly to be the place, or a place very similar, or....possibly even yet to BE? I say yet to 'BE' as Id left an element out of the dream story, before Id gaped @ the spectacle above/in front of me, Id jumped off the bus I arrived in, immediately went to a window & took off the hat I was wearing to look @ myself, Not outtve vanity, I wanted to check the COLOR of my HAIR, I looked as I do now, just my hair was ALL WHITE (Im 49 as of this last Monday/Christmas day of this week, Born:12-25-1974- my 1/2 year B-Day is June 25th) -@ 49 years of age, I just barely have any grey or white hair coming in NOW, (Dark blonde hair color) I do look far younger than my age/years as many have said to me) -So the reason I'd done that is , Many of my dreams have a TIME compression, or dilation element to them (I was @/saw 1st hand the 2014 attack on the TV station in Grozny BEFORE it even happened, but because I was working alone, or with one another person providing over-watch behind me, as hes in most ALL of my dreams bearing similar circumstances-most all combat related in some way)... -Id heard no languages, nor seen signs with such, as I was concentrating on not being spotted, or to be more precise: NOT DIEING.. -As the only 'language' Id heard were many 30mm cannons, grenades launched & small arms from another positions nearby lighting up the top floors, that were beginning to light smoke n' burn. I was wearing all black fatigues & was armed with a '74, but didnt fire a single shot, as there was no threat presenting itself & didnt want to reveal my own position & presence as I'd ducked, dodged n' weaved, zig'd-zag;'d, poked my head up & around cars n' slowly snaked my way through that parking lot full of cars across from that very building. Upon waking I'd brushed it off, only later Id then thought it was one of those attacks in France, due to the two locales/buildings similar 1st floor layout & paint colors used... (I also have some more recent 'dreams' from that city that were VERY STRESSFUL (Prob taking place during COVID Lockdown? The city was absolutely EMPTY, no-one on streets, no traffic @ all, but it was barely light outside/very early morning too) It was quite violent in nature. My crew survived/escaped w/minor injuries, the Suburban I was driving def did NOT (Got head-on rammed @ high speed, we came to rest in front of a high-rise w/a fast fire-fight after exiting the truck, the 1st Suburban tried to T-Bone us @ a previous stoplight & missed) But the other two late model/blacked-out Chevy Suburban vehicles full of state security force occupants didnt..Ugggh).... In 2014 I'd read news articles the day it happened & all went down-but watched no vids of event, then a 'terror attack' went down in France where the buildings 1st floor entrance doors, awning, or painted stripe up on wall was similar, so I'd later attributed the 'dream' or experience to the France incident. I'd only realized WHERE & WHAT it WAS in like 2016 or 17 when I began viewing camera footage of the Grozny event, then it all became clear! So my subconscious mind wasnt @ ALL 'Frontloaded' with that particular physical information, much like many other similar 'dream' experiences, I'd come upon it all in

[@kurtcsk]

Imperialist Russia as usual... :/

[@dbjungle]

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