Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis (1995)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “Budyonnovsk”
14–19 Jun 1995 — Chechen fighters led by Shamil Basayev seized a hospital in this southern Russian town, holding more than 1,500 hostages. Two attempts to storm the building failed. Many people died during those attempts; the official count for the crisis was about 130, while other counts put it at about 165. The raiders left in exchange for peace talks.
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- Oligarchs and the First Chechen War (chapter 11 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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