On December 11, 1994, the first #Russian-#Chechen war began, which lasted until August 31, 1996 and ended in the actual defeat of the #Russian army with the loss of more than 15 thousand military personnel.

Do you know what is the most interesting? Before the introduction of troops into #Chechnya, the then head of the Ministry of Defense #PavelGrachev said literally the following: "We will take #Grozny with two airborne regiments in two hours."

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