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The Curse of Chechnya

⚠️Warning This contains images of battles and war dead. Do not view if you are underage or easily affected by psychological stress.

The twin peaks of Mount Elbrus, the main peak of the Greater Caucasus Mountains
Republic of Ingushetia

Russian FSB troops guarding a border checkpoint
Ingushetia-Chechen border

Russian military forces invading Chechnya
Capital city Grozny

Russian soldiers in combat armored vehicles
Capital city Grozny

President Maskhadov (center), a Chechen separatist who fought against Russia
Mountains of Georgia, Chechnya

Chechen troops who switched sides to the pro-Russian side
Near Grozny

Pro-Russian Commander Kakiev, who led the pro-Russian Chechen troops
Near Grozny

Russian FSB special forces conduct a clearing operation in a Chechen settlement
Tolstoy Yurt

Russian troops (both ends) receive information from a Chechen informant (center)
Mountainous region of Chechnya

Weapons allegedly seized by Russian troops from separatists and militants
Grozny

Killed Chechen militant
Tolstoy Yurt

Russian Orthodox Church for Soldiers
Russian military base in Grozny

A chapel where Russian soldiers pray
A Russian military base in Grozny

An apartment destroyed by a Russian missile attack
Grozny

A building destroyed by a Russian airstrike
Grozny Peace Avenue

A woman standing in the ruins of war
Grozny

A building destroyed in fighting between the Russian army and armed forces
Grozny Peace Avenue

Families confirm the identities of those killed in the fighting and buried underground
Outskirts of Grozny

A building immediately after a suicide bombing
Grozny city center

A girl (right) and her mother (left) seriously injured by a landmine buried on a farm, her mother (left)
Hospital in Grozny

Terror attack by Chechen militants targeting an elementary and secondary school entrance ceremony
Beslan, North Ossetia

The wall of a classroom where a teacher was shot dead by Chechen militants
Beslan, North Ossetia

The gymnasium where children and other hostages were held captive and blown up
Beslan, North Ossetia

Moscow theater hostage terror attack by Chechen militants. Families checking the list of missing persons
Moscow

Russian troops guarding the area around the theater where the hostage terrorist attack occurred
Moscow

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