Day of Remembrance of Russian Soldiers Killed in Chechnya (Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Chechen War)

In the history of Russia there were many wars with foreign invaders, which claimed the lives of millions of soldiers But one of them began in December 1994 on the territory of the country - in the Chechen Republic According to the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers, at least 14,000 people were killed in this armed conflict Most of them are conscripts, young guys whose lives were cut short at the very take-off December 11 is the Day of Remembrance of Russian soldiers killed in Chechnya Created in 1988, the Committee of Soldiers' Mothers took into account only military personnel who served in the army in the North Caucasus on conscription But, in addition to conscripts, contract soldiers and special forces soldiers also took part in the Chechen war According to official data, over 21,000 people were killed during the war The exact numbers of losses of Russian soldiers in the North Caucasus are not known Every year on December 11, events are held in Russia dedicated to one of the most tragic dates in Russian history These include painting and photography exhibitions, lessons in courage and themed classrooms in schools On this day, it is customary to remember the soldiers who died in the fields as a result of two Chechen campaigns However, civilians also became victims of the policies of Dzhokhar Dudayev, the newly-minted president of Ichkeria - the number of refugees who left Chechnya in the early 90s exceeded half a million Until 1991, 50% of Russians lived in Grozny, and 25% throughout the republic Through blackmail, threats and burning of houses, theft of children and rape of women, the Slavs were forced to leave the places where their ancestors had lived for centuries On December 11, 1994, President BN Yeltsin signed a decree “On measures to ensure legality, law and order and public safety on the territory of the Chechen Republic” After its publication, units of the United Group of Forces were sent to the North Caucasus to restore the constitutional order Military analysts and political scientists have been discussing the mistakes of both campaigns and the miscalculations of the leadership for decades The withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory of the North Caucasus in 1991 was accompanied by the abandonment of weapons and armored vehicles D Dudayev, having taken the presidency of Free Ichkeria, first of all released from prison all the criminals who were behind bars - murderers, robbers and rapists It was they, and not political prisoners, who met Russian soldiers in December 1994 Heavily armed militants knew no mercy Chechen boys who refused to join Dudayev's army were shot on the spot It is impossible to count all the horrors and atrocities that the Wahhabis committed on Chechen soil The first campaign ended with the Khasavyurt peace agreements As a result of their signing, the republic received full autonomy and millions of rubles to restore the destroyed economy However, this did not solve the problem - peace and tranquility did not come to Chechnya From August 1999 to April 2009, a second campaign in the form of counter-terrorism operations was carried out in the North Caucasus And again the federal armed forces suffered heavy losses Remembrance Day for Russian soldiers who died in Chechnya is a mournful date Tens of thousands of guys laid down their lives on the battlefields in the North Caucasus, fulfilling their duty to their Motherland On December 11, we remember all the victims of the Chechen war - military personnel and civilians, who suffered no less troubles and suffering than soldiers No one is forgotten and nothing is forgotten This slogan from the times of the Great Patriotic War is also applicable to the feat of Russian military personnel, tens of thousands of whom died on the fields of Chechen battles