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1999 war in Dagestan
An armed incursion by Chechnya-based Islamist fighters proclaiming an independent Islamic State of Dagestan was defeated by Russian and Dagestani forces within weeks.
What happened
On 7 August 1999, the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade, led by Shamil Basayev and Ibn al-Khattab and numbering roughly 1,500-2,000 fighters, invaded Dagestan from Chechnya; on 10 August 1999, the invaders proclaimed an "independent Islamic State of Dagestan." Russian and Dagestani forces recaptured all occupied villages by 13 September 1999, and remaining militant forces were pushed back into Chechnya by 14 September 1999, ending major combat operations, including the suppression of the Kadar zone enclave.[1]
Russian authorities reported 275 federal personnel killed, 15 missing and around 937 wounded, and claimed approximately 2,500 militants killed; the invasion displaced approximately 32,000 Dagestani civilians. These figures come from Russian government sources and were not independently verified by the source consulted for this bundle.[2]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: On 7 August 1999, the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade, led by Shamil Basayev and Ibn al-Khattab and numbering roughly 1,500-2,000 fighters, invaded Dagestan from Chechnya; on 10 August 1999, the invaders proclaimed an "independent Islamic State of Dagestan." Russian and Dagestani forces recaptured all occupied villages by 13 September 1999, and remaining militant forces were pushed back into Chechnya by 14 September 1999, ending major combat operations, including the suppression of the Kadar zone enclave.
- Dagestan War (Wikipedia) link, Invasion and suppression sections. Source record
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Claim: Russian authorities reported 275 federal personnel killed, 15 missing and around 937 wounded in the 1999 Dagestan war, and claimed approximately 2,500 militants killed; the invasion displaced approximately 32,000 Dagestani civilians. These figures come from Russian government sources and were not independently verified by the source consulted for this bundle.
- Dagestan War (Wikipedia) link, Casualty and displacement figures section. Source record