In recent days, the tense situation between Russia and Ukraine has aroused great concern in the world, except for some suspicious Western countries, other countries have rushed to withdraw from the matter, lest they have anything to do with this matter.
However, at this time, Chechnya suddenly "attacked", took the lead in launching an attack on Ukraine, and claimed to occupy the most important places in Ukraine in the shortest possible time.
Their approach surprised the countries of the world, obviously no one expected that they would be the first to declare war on Ukraine, with a territory so large as an egg, or that no one dared to think about such a result.
Why are so many people surprised that Chechnya went to war? And why does no one dare to think about the outcome of Chechnya's entry into the war?
The past of the Chechen Republic
The earliest records of this place in Chechnya date back to before the 7th century AD, when they called themselves the "Nakhchos", lived in the Caucasus, and they followed the name of the village "Greater Chechnya", which over time became the collective name of the Chechen people.
After the 13th century, they were invaded by the Mongol and Timurid Empires, and it was not until after the collapse of the Golden Horde that Chechens migrated to the plains.
But the peaceful life did not last long, after the 18th century, the gradually powerful Tsarist Russia, in order to expand its territory, constantly launched wars of aggression against the outside, Chechnya was also affected, and since then russia and Chechnya have begun to fight back and forth between russia and Chechnya.
In 1829, the Caucasus War broke out, which became the starting point for the outbreak of all-out war between the two sides.
In this battle, Chechnya relied on ferocious means and hard-core combat methods to move forward all the way to the Russian mainland before being defeated by the large-scale Russian army.
Later, the Chechen region became part of Tsarist Russia, and as Tsarist Russia launched a large-scale struggle in Chechnya, the people of Chechnya were divided into two major factions, one was pro-Russian faction and the other was anti-Russian faction, and the anti-Russian faction had always wanted to break away from Russia, and the contradictions between the two sides continued.
After 1877, the anti-Russian Chechens were almost wiped out, Chechnya was completely unified, and after Russia entered the process of industrialization, the social situation gradually stabilized.
Until the founding of the Soviet Union, Chechnya existed as an autonomous oblast of Russia.
In 1936, Stalin separated the Chechen region of Ingushetia and re-established a new republic.
Because of this incident, Chechnya, which had not had a riot for a long time, became agitated again and began to try to seek independence.
During World War II, in order to get rid of the control of the Soviet Union, Chechnya even took the initiative to cooperate with Germany despite the ferocity of the Nazi Party.
When Stalin learned of this, he was so furious that he immediately ordered the shooting of more than 10,000 Chechens and sent the remaining 300,000 to the Siberian plateau.
Because of the harsh environment in Siberia, the Chechens who lacked food and clothing had not yet reached the local area, killing and injuring nearly 140,000 people.
So at this time, Chechnya did not have any good feelings for Russia, only hatred.
As for why Chechnya was willing to contact Russia later, it is necessary to start from the collapse of the Soviet Union.
In the first engagement, Russia suffered a crushing defeat
Before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Chechnya saw the hope of independence and became agitated again, first overthrowing the former Soviet ruling regime established there.
Dudayev, who led them to "independence," was elected President of the Chechen Republic.
Dudayev
But Russia has been reluctant to allow Chechnya to become independent. On the one hand, because Chechnya is located on the dividing line of the Eurasian continent and is the main connecting line between Russia and the Transcaucasia region, on the other hand, Chechnya has a large number of rich oil resources, and once they let go, they are likely to be targeted by other countries, so how can Russia easily give up such a feng shui treasure?
In 1994, after taking a break from a series of state reforms and policy adjustments, Russia immediately ordered an offensive against Chechnya.
In order to give Chechnya a chance to get off the road, Russia first adopted its air force and dropped a large number of airdrops on 17,000 square kilometers of land in Chechnya, but within a few hours, Russia completely occupied Chechnya's airspace.
Immediately afterward, Russia sent troops to attack the capital of Chechnya from the east, west and north, because russia's economic development at this time was just beginning to improve, so Yeltsin originally planned to make a quick decision and occupy the capital of Chechnya, Grozny, as quickly as possible.
But since they entered Chechnya, they have found that it is not so simple to capture Chechnya.
The Russian army did not enter the Chechen capital as scheduled, but was dragged into a stale "street battle" by the Chechen army.
At this time, Russia began to fall behind, and gradually declined, because chechnya's combat ability was much more terrifying than they thought, far stronger than the Russian fighting nation.
Because of the long-term self-sufficient economy and backward productive forces, the Chechens, who have been in a state of aggression, have adopted a "rushing" way of making a living, which has also developed a national character of unbelieving Chechens.
Their soldiers fought fiercely, in their eyes, as long as they can win the final victory, no matter what means are used, it is legal and reasonable, even if the enemy and civilians are mixed together, they will not hesitate to shoot, in this battle, but the Russian soldiers are worried about the outside public opinion, while worrying about hurting civilians and appear more afraid.
In this battle, the Russian army dispatched more than 60,000 people before and after, but still did not achieve the desired strike effect, and in addition to not understanding the Chechen way of fighting, resulting in contempt, Russia really lacked the blow of public opinion.
From the very beginning, the Russians were not properly guided, they did not know the real purpose of the battle, they only knew that it was an order from the army, and the order was to be obeyed unconditionally.
Dudayev took the opportunity to enter and grasped the commanding heights of public opinion.
In mobilizing soldiers to fight, he described the terrible war as a "holy war" and encouraged Zhuangding to join the war, and in his mouth, Russia became the most heinous aggressor.
In the face of foreign reporters, he tearfully accused Russia of "atrocities" and won the sympathy of the international community.
In such public opinion, the Western media fell one-sidedly to Chechnya, and Russia was completely isolated and became a "veritable" aggressor.
Under such public opinion, the Russian army even staged a "drama" in which the mother herself came to pull away her son and prevented him from participating in the attack on Chechnya.
But what makes Russia feel most helpless is the terrorist ideology carried by Chechnya itself, and the hostages they can take are ruthlessly handed down.
In 1995, Basayev, the leader of the Chechen rebels, led 150 men to sneak into the russian border city of Budyonovsk.
They quietly moved into a theater and took more than 900 spectators and more than 100 cast members hostage in an attempt to cause chaos to Russia and force it to accept their terms.
Yeltsin was so distraught by this matter that he summoned defense personnel overnight to begin discussing countermeasures to rescue the hostages, but in the face of a group of vicious terrorists, they never discussed any countermeasures.
On June 17, Russian SWAT forces began experimenting with more drastic methods to rescue the hostages, which angered terrorists despite the rescue of more than 100 hostages.
Because of Yeltsin's reluctance to withdraw his troops, the fierce Basayev killed more than 120 hostages, and in the end Yeltsin had to choose to compromise and compromise with terrorists.
The outcome of this war was not optimistic, Yeltsin was under pressure and Chechnya signed a ceasefire agreement, all Russian troops withdrew from Chechnya, and eventually the Russian death toll reached 3826, 17892 people were wounded in the war, and 1906 people were missing.
A total of 15,000 people died in Chechnya, and perhaps the biggest gain for Russia was the killing of their leader, Dudayev. But the involvement of hundreds of thousands of civilians in the war has long been something Russia has been afraid to mention.
This has also become an important reason for Yeltsin to step down and give way to Putin.
After the war, Chechnya has enjoyed a high degree of autonomy and has occasionally provoked Russia's slow economic development, so Russia has always hoped for a determined and decisive leader to stabilize the country' situation, and Putin's succession has brought hope to the country.
The Second War, the foundation of Russia's statehood
In 1999, the 48-year-old Putin succeeded Stepashin as prime minister and took over the de facto power of the Kremlin.
At this time, Russia was in a turbulent situation, due to the early blind imitation of the Western private ownership economy, resulting in the rise of Russian oligarchs, the people's lives were miserable, the failed economic reform directly led to Russia's GDP reduced by nearly half, so Putin took over, is a pile of "messes" left by the failed economic system.
In order to save Russia's economy, putin immediately began to take tough measures and declared war on Chechnya again.
On August 26, 1999, Putin personally gathered an army of 100,000 to launch an offensive against Chechnya.
As a former KGB worker, he put his determination to eliminate terrorists on the surface and no longer blindly pursued the "understanding" of Western countries.
Putin learned the lessons of the last war between the two sides, learned from NATO's experience in attacking Iraq and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, occupied air superiority, avoided direct contact with Chechen soldiers in the early stage, and reduced unnecessary casualties.
At the same time, in order to boost morale, Putin personally spoke to the army again and again, formulated a series of perfect strategic plans, and gradually dismantled the forces in Chechnya, and even when necessary, Putin personally flew fighters to the front to boost morale, which was also called the hardcore president.
At the same time, in order to avoid chechnya's power to control public opinion as it did last time, Putin took the lead in communicating with the pro-Russian faction, and won the support of a large number of pro-Russian militias and ordinary chechen people, leaving the Chechen army in a helpless position.
And in response to the Chechen president's repeated connivance with the army's terrorist activities, Russia immediately sent troops to eliminate all terrorist organizations and blockade Chechnya, interrupting all their energy supply.
Putin said strongly: "Our task is to send these terrorists to see God, to catch them at the airport and shoot them at the airport, to drown them in the toilet, and only by doing so can all the problems be solved." ”
In the end, after half a year of war, Russia controlled most of chechnya' territory, and under Russia's tough measures, the war ended with Russia's overall victory.
After the war, Putin was also pushed to the pinnacle of politics, officially becoming russia's president in March 2000.
Its tough tactics not only deterred terrorists, but even Western countries had to avoid three points.
Putin
It can be said that this war has re-seen the strength of Russia in the world, and has also made Russia re-establish itself among the world's great powers.
After this war, Chechnya was completely subdued and became Russia's most loyal follower.
In 2007, with putin's support, Ramzan Kadyrov was elected president of the Chechen Republic.
Kadyrov's father was once the most loyal follower of the Russian Federation, and even because of this, he was hunted down and killed by the Chechen high-level people, Kadyrov followed his father from a young age, living a life of licking blood on the tip of the knife, this time Putin came forward to nominate him as president, but also made the relationship between Chechnya and Russia closer.
Therefore, when the russian and Ukrainian sides went to war, Chechnya did not hesitate to send troops to "support" Russia and demand that Zelenskiy apologize to Putin.
Since many people had heard about the contradictions between Chechnya and Russia before, they did not expect that they would take the initiative to attack Ukraine when the Western countries were unanimously opposed to Russia, which was the first reason why people were surprised.
The second point is that because of the destructive power of the Chechen army, it is likely to cause a large number of civilian casualties, which is the second reason why people dare not continue to think about this issue.
Fortunately, on March 1, 2022, the latest news came from Chechnya, there were 8 casualties among Chechen soldiers in the Russian army, under the control of Russia, it did not cause a large number of civilian casualties, and also gave everyone a new understanding of the Chechen army.
To this day, Russia and Ukraine still have not found a more suitable negotiating point, the continuation of the war, only civilians suffer, I hope that this war can be ended as soon as possible.