Samashki — ( ru. Самашки) is a village ( selo ) on the western plains in Achkhoy Martanovsky District of the Chechen Republic, Russia. Since 1992 it is a border village with the Russian Republic of Ingushetia. The pre war population of Samashki counted… … Wikipedia
Samashki massacre — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Samashki massacre (1995) caption= partof=First Chechen War place=Samashki, Chechnya date=April 7 8, 1995 result=Russian victory, a massacre of non combatants combatant1=) combatant2= commander1= commander2=… … Wikipedia
First Chechen War — Russian helicopter brought down by Chechen fighters near the capital Grozny in 1994 … Wikipedia
Nadezhda Chaikova — (Чайкова Надежда) (1963–1996) was a correspondent for the Russian weekly Obshchaya Gazeta. A college of Anna Politkovskaya, she had traveled frequently to Chechnya and neighbouring regions. Near the end of the war in 1996 she was kidnapped and… … Wikipedia
Second Chechen War — Infobox War caption=Russian artillery shells separatist positions near the village of Duba Yurt, January 2000. conflict=Second Chechen War date= *Active battle phase: August 1999 May 2000 *Insurgency: May 2000 end of 2004 *Localised sporadic… … Wikipedia
OMON — Отряд милиции особого назначения Active 1979 Present Type Special Operations Role Paramilitary … Wikipedia
Novye Aldi massacre — Location Groznensky District, Chechnya Date February 5, 2000 Target Novye Aldi and Chernorechie suburbs of Grozny Attack type Killi … Wikipedia
George Kennan (explorer) — George Kennan (February 16, 1845 ndash; 1924) was an American explorer noted for his travels in the Kamchatka and Caucasus regions of Russia. He was diplomat and historian George F. Kennan s cousin twice removed, with whom he shared his… … Wikipedia
Achkhoy-Martanovsky District — ( ru. Ачхой Мартановский район), also spelled Achkhoi Martan is a raion (district) in the Chechen Republic, Russia ((number seven on the map). The village of Achkhoy Martan is the administrative center of the District.Population: 64,839 (2002);… … Wikipedia
Aslambek Abdulkhadzhiev — General Aslambek Abdulkhadzhiev (d. August 26, 2002) was a field commander during the Chechen Wars. He was a deputy of Shamil Basayev, and commissioner of Shalinsky and Vedensky Districts after being appointed by Dzhokhar Dudayev in 1994.… … Wikipedia