Battle of Komsomolskoye

Battle of Komsomolskoye
Part of the Second Chechen War
Date6–24 March 2000
(2 weeks and 4 days)
Location
Komsomolskoye [ru] (Saadi-Kotar), Chechnya
43°3′37″N 45°36′14″E / 43.06028°N 45.60389°E / 43.06028; 45.60389
Result Russian victory
Belligerents
 Russian Federation  Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Commanders and leaders
Strength
Per Russia:
1,000+		 Per Chechens:
800[2]
Per Russia:
300–1,500[1]
Casualties and losses
Per Russia:
50+ killed[3]
300+ wounded[3]
Per Chechens:
400–1,500 killed[1]
37+ AFVs destroyed[1]		 Per Russia:
519–800 killed[1][4]
88 captured (~70 executed)[1]

The Battle of Komsomolskoye took place in Chechnya during the Second Chechen War. Beginning on 6 March 2000 and lasting until 24 March 2000, it resulted in the deaths of more than 50 Russian soldiers and hundreds of Chechen militants over the course of two weeks of siege warfare. An unknown number of civilians were killed in the fighting as well. The fighting resulted in the destruction of most of the Chechen separatist units commanded by Ruslan Gelayev. Scores of Chechens were taken prisoner by the Russian military, and only a few survived the ensuing Komsomolskoye massacre. Marked by fierce urban combat, the Battle of Komsomolskoye was the bloodiest of the entire conflict.[5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Fighting in a Fortified Village by the United States Army Infantry School
  2. ^ Four Days In Hell, Newsweek, 2 April 2000
  3. ^ a b (in Russian) Кавказ: В Комсомольском за время боев погибло 50 военных и уничтожено 500 боевиков Archived 27 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Lenta.ru
  4. ^ (in Russian) Крупнейшие операции российских войск в Чечне, Kommersant, March 5, 2002
  5. ^ Oliker, Olga (2001), "Return to Grozny: 1999–2000", Russia's Chechen Wars 1994-2000, Lessons from Urban Combat, RAND Corporation, pp. 33–80, doi:10.7249/mr1289a.10, ISBN 978-0-8330-2998-0, retrieved 1 April 2024
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference remebering was invoked but never defined (see the help page).