Chechnya: How it all began
Chechnya: How it all began
The roots of the Chechen tragedy lie in the events that took place several years before the First Chechen War - the change of power in the USSR, the collapse of the Union and the struggle for republican independence.
Change of power
The events that led to the First Chechenwar can be divided into two stages: 1990-1991. and 1992 - before the beginning of hostilities on December 11, 1994. The background of the tragic events lies in MS's promises. Gorbachev gives autonomy to all the republics. Later B.N. Yeltsin "gave away" sovereignty, repeatedly offering: "Take as much independence as you can carry." Of course, Gorbachev and Yeltsin could not imagine what the desire for independence would result in - they sought support from the republican authorities. In 1990, the Supreme Council of Chechnya, headed by Doku Zavgaev, adopted a declaration on the sovereignty of the Chechen-Ingush republic. At the same time in the political arena appears Dzhokhar Dudayev, military commander. A market is emerging in Chechnya, supplying Russian crime with weapons. The weapon remained from the Soviet Army after the collapse of the USSR. Some historians still believe that behind Dudaev there were serious people from Moscow. In this lies its dramatically increased popularity. In 1991, Dudayev was overthrown by the Supreme Soviet, headed by Zavgew, and then won in the presidential election. Chechen criminals were freed. Dudayev conducted a very nationalistic policy, in this connection, the outcome of the Russian population from the Chechen Republic is connected. The Kremlin was concerned about these events and began to look for a man who could be replaced by Dudayev. The choice fell on Umar Avturkhanov - the former chairman of the collective farm. Yeltsin planned to overthrow Dudayev by the opposition forces and authorized the entry of troops into Chechnya.Start of the war
On October 15, 1994, the first assault beganTerrible opposition forces. When several hundred meters remained to the palace of Dudayev, an order was issued to withdraw from Moscow. The next attempted assault took place on October 26 of the same year, but was suppressed by Dudayev's forces. Minister of Defense P.Grachev submitted a proposal on the blocking of Chechnya by troops with the subsequent seizure of Grozny. This, according to the Russian government, should lead either to the overthrow of Dudayev, or to his significant concessions to Moscow. However, everything turned out to be a tragedy, the echoes of which shook Russian society for many years to come. By the way, in the government of the Russian Federation, many spoke out against military action. But the army took two weeks to prepare, and the operation was scheduled to start on the morning of December 11, 1994. It was planned that by eight o'clock in the morning the capital of Chechnya would fall. But everything went not according to plan. Initially, operations were postponed at nine in the morning, because the army was not ready for the appointed time. Time was lost, because the Russian tankmen fell into the hands of Chechen fighters. By the night of December 11, 1994, the First Chechen War began. In the first days of the war, the peaceful population of Grozny was killed, taken by surprise. Among the Russian soldiers, the losses were also enormous. Some political analysts believe that such a rush in which the war began was caused by Yeltsin's desire to solve the Chechen problem until the new year. This was to enhance his rapidly rating rating. By August 1996, the First Chechen War was over. And then a wave of terrorist acts spread across Moscow and major cities of Russia.
