Contemporary era · 1999
1999 war in Dagestan
The 1999 war in Dagestan, also known as the Dagestan incursions (Russian: Война в Дагестане), was an armed conflict that began when the Ichkerian-based Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade (IIPB), an Islamist group led by Shamil Basayev, Ibn al-Khattab, Ramzan Akhmadov and Arbi Barayev, invaded the neighboring Russian republic of Dagestan on 7 August 1999.
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- When
- 2 Aug 1999 – 14 Sept 1999
- Where
- Dagestan
- Era
- Contemporary
Topics
People
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Boris Yeltsin1931 – 2007Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007)
Shamil Basayev1965 – 2006Chechen militant Islamist leader (1965-2006)
Igor Girkinb. 1970Russian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in the War in Donbass
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