Back معركة باموت Arabic Бітва за Бамут Byelorussian Аблога Бамуту BE-X-OLD Bataille de Bamout French Бои за Бамут (1995—1996) Russian Bitka za Bamut Serbo-Croatian Битва за Бамут Ukrainian
| Battle of Bamut | |||||||||
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| Part of the First Chechen War | |||||||||
 Russian soldier at Bamut | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Russia |
 Chechen Republic of Ichkeria | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Vladimir Shamanov | |||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 2,610[2] | 100[1]: 190 to 1,000[4]: 624 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 28 killed[4]: 624 | 350 chechen fighters killed [2] | ||||||||
The Battle of Bamut[a] took place on 10 March 1995 to 24 May 1996. As a result of long fighting, after two unsuccessful assaults and bloody positional battles, the Russians occupied the village. The fighting around the city led to its complete destruction.[5]
- ^ a b Smith, Sebastian (1998). Allah's mountains: The battle for Chechnya. Taurice Parke Paperbacks. ISBN 978-1-85043-979-0.
- ^ a b c Grodnensky, Nikolai. "Почти победа" [Almost a victory]. Неоконченная война: История вооружённого конфликта в Чечне [The Unfinished War: History of the Armed conflict in Chechnya] (in Russian). Харвест. ISBN 985-13-1454-4.
- ^ Billingsley, Dodge. Fangs of the Lone Wolf. p. 30.
- ^ a b Grodnensky, Nikolai (2007). Первая Чеченская война [First Chechen War] (in Russian). ФАУинфо. ISBN 978-9-8567-2110-9.
- ^ Kubanek, Bettina; Maaß, Ekkehard (2006). Chechnya - War and history. p. 34.
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