Original language: Russian
133 min.
Special Military Chechen Operation
Documentary; 2025
Thirty years later: how the storming of Grozny began a protracted war and changed the course of history.
About the film
In January 2025, it was thirty years since the infamous New Year's storming of Grozny. In tactical terms, the battles in the capital of rebellious Chechnya turned into the biggest failure in modern military history. In human terms, tens of thousands of people died, primarily among civilians, who, it would seem, were being "liberated".
It was in those days that it became clear: the blitzkrieg started by Moscow turned into a protracted war. The first Chechen. The first of the great wars waged by modern Russia. The external similarities between that "special operation" and the current one are obvious to anyone. But what are these: coincidences or patterns? Can we say that today's Russia and the war in Ukraine are rooted in that Chechen war?
It was in those days that it became clear: the blitzkrieg started by Moscow turned into a protracted war. The first Chechen. The first of the great wars waged by modern Russia. The external similarities between that "special operation" and the current one are obvious to anyone. But what are these: coincidences or patterns? Can we say that today's Russia and the war in Ukraine are rooted in that Chechen war?
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Russian
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