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Jump to: navigation, search 1994-95 First Battle of Grozny Part
of First Chechen War A Chechen militia fighter takes cover
behind a burned-out Russian BMP-2 armoured vehicle. Photo by
Mikhail Evstafiev Date December 31, 1994 – February 8, 1995
(small scale fighting continued until March 6, 1995) Location
Grozny, Chechnya Result Russian victory Russian Federation
Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Commanders and leaders Pavel
Grachev----Ivan Babichev Anatoly Kvashnin Vadim Orlov Lev
Rokhlin Vladimir Shamanov Nikolay Staskov Viktor Vorobyov Ivan
Savin   Aslan Maskhadov----Turpal-Ali Atgeriev Shamil Basayev
Ruslan Gelayev Salman Raduyev Akhmed Zakayev 60,000 (est.) ----
December 31: 38,000 men total (6,000–10,000[1] entering Grozny)
2,300[2] to 12,000[3] ---- December 31: Officially up to
1,000[4] (5,000 according to Western estimates[1]) Casualties
and losses 1,784 killed, several hundred wounded or capt