The Battle of Bamut is an episode of the First Chechen War , during which on March 10, 1995, protracted and fierce battles broke out for the village of Bamut . [3]
| Battle of Bamut |
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| Main Conflict: First Chechen War |
| date | March 10, 1995 - May 24, 1996 |
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| A place | Chechen Republic , Achkhoy-Martan district , Bamut |
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| Total | Chechen rebels leaving the village after seventeen assault attempts and taking it by the Russian army |
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|  Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
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More than 8000 soldiers (according to CRI ) [1] , 2160 military personnel according to the official version - ( 166th together with 136th Omsbr , MSB 324th MSP , 94th defense of the Ministry of Internal Affairs ) | 100-150 Chechens (according to CRI) |
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more than 1000 military personnel of the dead (according to CRI ) [2] , according to the report of General Shamanov, the units “ Rosich ” and “ Vityaz ” lost 53 people in total | about 30-50 dead (according to CRI ) , according to the report of General Shamanov near Bamut , more than 300 terrorists were killed |
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The core of the defense was militants under the command of the first commandant, Molig Estamirov, Khizir Khachukaev . Subsequently, Khamzat Bataev became the commandant of the Bamutsk region. [4] “The approaches to the village, its main streets, were densely mined with anti-tank and anti-personnel mines. Part of the firing points is covered with reinforced concrete caps and ceilings of six logs with a diameter of 0.6 meters. The whole area in front of the strongholds was shot using landmarks mounted on trees and other objects ” [5] . On the night of April 14, special forces of the federal troops occupied the dominant heights. In the morning of April 15, the assault on Bamut began, but they could not be taken on the move; on April 17, federal troops were withdrawn to their original positions. On April 18, federal forces made a second attempt to storm Bamut, but when they entered the village, they could not gain a foothold there and were again forced to withdraw to their original positions. [6] On the same day, in the vicinity of Bamut, during the assault on the 444.4 altitude - “Bald Mountain”, a group of the Rosich special forces detachment was ambushed, in this battle the Rosich detachment lost 10 people killed and 17 wounded. After the fall of Nozhai-Yurt and Shatoy in the first half of June 1995, Bamut, along with part of the Itum-Kalinsky district, remained the only part of the territory of Chechnya controlled by the CRI Armed Forces . Nevertheless, in mid-June 1995, the garrison repelled another attempted assault. The signing of agreements in Grozny on a block of military issues at the end of July 1995, which was the result of negotiations between the federal side and the Chechen army after the events in Budennovsk, led to a pause in active hostilities. However, in the winter of 1995-1996. military operations resumed, including in the Bamut region. In February-March 1996, federal forces again launched a large-scale attack on Bamut, which was widely covered in the Russian media. However, it also ended in failure, since the defenders prepared ambushes in advance on the approaches of the troops, skillfully using the mountainous-wooded area. On May 19, 1996, units of Major General Vladimir Shamanov launched a general assault on Bamut. On May 24, federal troops took Bamut and 444.4, the “Bald Mountain”, which dominates the area. Ruslan Khaikhoroyev’s detachment defending Bamut left the encirclement, taking advantage of twilight and thickened fog. The success of the protracted defense by the Chechens is explained by the use of underground communications of the former strategic missile unit . [3]
