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Chechen Wars

1994–2009 Caucasus Status: ended Casualties: ~160,000

Two major wars plus prolonged insurgency. Grozny was reduced to rubble — called 'the most destroyed city on Earth' by the UN. Chechnya reintegrated under Ramzan Kadyrov's authoritarian rule.

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Belligerents

  • Russia
  • Chechen separatists / Islamists

Casualties

~160,000

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.