Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · BATTLE SITE · 1999

Invasion of Dagestan (1999)

On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “Botlikh”

7 Aug 1999 — Islamist fighters based in Chechnya crossed into Dagestan to support a local rising. Shamil Basayev and Khattab led them. Two days later Yeltsin named Vladimir Putin, the former head of the security service, prime minister; within weeks Russian forces had driven the invaders back.

When: 7 Aug 1999
Type: Battle site
Chapter: Meiji and post-Soviet Russia compared (chapter 12 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
Atlas: Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000

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Map showing Invasion of Dagestan (1999), battle site in Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000 — BATTLE SITE · REMAKING THE STATE: MEIJI JAPAN 1600–1912 AND POST-SOVIET RUSSIA 1964–2000

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